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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

But with rising cost of living, it’s not really the best place to start a brand-new business. These cities won’t cost you an arm and a leg, but you’ll find that there is still plenty of opportunities in their local software development industry. Instead, try one of these lesser known tech meccas.

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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce – it connects local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. . Today we’re excited to announce that we led DemandStar ’s $2m seed round. It should come as no surprise that government procurement is riddled with inefficiency.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

For workers who feel like nomads, drifting from Seattle coffee shops to libraries to living room couches, Office Nomads offers a space for “individuality without isolation.” Creatives searching for a coworking spot in Phoenix can check out Co+Hoots, offering possibly the most cost-effective office space in downtown Phoenix. Thinkspace.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Housing and rent prices are at unbelievable levels, and the difficulties of such a high cost of living are real and growing, issues. The cost of living in the city is a big attraction, with the median price of homes hovering around $220,000. Living in Nevada is significantly more cost-effective than most other places in the country.

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The Story Behind My Investment In Downstream

Haystack

Earlier this summer, my friend Michael told me about a small investment his team made up in Seattle in the Amazon ecosystem. We were about to move houses and with all the impending details that process was generating, I initially didn’t give it a proper look.

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2018: Year in review and a look ahead

Version One Ventures

Celo : An open platform for fast, secure, stable digital payments to any mobile number at a fraction of today’s cost. The startup’s at-home test has the potential to not only improve access to certain diagnoses and treatments, but by doing so, also change the cost structure associated with it. Transitioning to Fund III.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? To some extent – of course they are. It is different. More substantive.