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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

Latinitas Austin and El Paso chapters together at last for our strategic planning session with IBM. In 2012, IBM graciously provided a $6,500 super server to connect our two program bases in Austin and El Paso. Coffee and pink cake helped with the process.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Fix-n-Flip Real Estate Company

Up and Running

Consider this example: Pleasant Acres Real Estate, LLC (PARE) is a startup company located in El Paso, Texas. Then you’ll think through your ideal customer, your competition, and your opportunities for growth. This section of your business plan describes what services you provide and how they benefit your customers.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

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Keith’s former employer had gotten big enough that they had started losing touch with their customers. This would ultimately be the advantage Keith had, and still has, in running a smaller operation: relationships mean more to the owner and the customer. His new customers were ready for the change. Their cargo?

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Home to over 80 private- and public-sector tenant customers who directly employ about 12,000 people on the campus, activity from Port SA contributes over $5 billion annually to the regional economy. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston. said Robert F.

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