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

crowdSPRING Blog

Tony Hsieh of Zappos appreciates the “ endless possibilities ” he has discovered in Nevada. He began a venture fund in 2012, VTF Capital , which invests in other businesses interested in joining the Nevada scene. Living in Nevada is significantly more cost-effective than most other places in the country.

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Two Entrepreneurs Turn Selling Men’s Leggings into a Global Business Success

Hearpreneur

The lightbulb moment was at Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Desert when Co-Founder Jordan Barnett noticed thousands of men all wearing ill-fitted women’s leggings. We are Ben & Jordan, two brothers from Sydney Australia with a background in global advertising, design and marketing. Why did you start your business?

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

At least 12 months of customer history, generally 20+ enterprise customers or 200+ SMB customers. FFCP-approved companies receive revenue-based loans of up to $1 million to support the implementation of a customized 5-year growth playbook for their businesses. ARR of $500K+. Capital need of up to $1.5M Key elements: . “We

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Live now: Pancake Labs founder answers questions via video. Get involved!

The Next Web

The company is best known for its flagship product, ShortStack , software that’s designed to help small business owners and designers create custom apps that harness the power of social media. Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded.

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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early

Startup Professionals Musings

An LLC will work just fine for this, but if you know enough to anticipate more than 100 investors or special classes of stock, I recommend incorporating as a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp or S-Corp. Don’t let your dream be derailed by failing to focus early on the design of the business, as much as you are focusing on the design of your product.

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Tomorrow on TNW: Your chance to ask Pancake Labs’ founder Jim Belosic your entrepreneurship questions

The Next Web

The company is best known for its flagship product, ShortStack , software that’s designed to help small business owners and designers create custom apps that harness the power of social media. Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded.

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4 dumb and 1 good way I’ve structured my work/life balance

The Startup Toolkit

We’d moved the company from SF to London to be closer to our customers and I decided to stay there. Nevada Rob’s after heavy renovations. It’s about talking to customers. I guess my biggest realisation has been that you can build businesses designed to maximise happiness instead of growth[2].