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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Within a decade, the rise of venture capital in Silicon Valley enabled startups to find commercial customers rather than military ones. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy.

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4 Key Questions To Identify Your Ideal Startup Site

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. It’s just the first of many.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, according to Wessel, has grown by almost 65%.

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How To Find The Best City For Your Type Of Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. It’s just the first of many.

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21 Entrepreneurs Share Views on Whether Leaders are Born or Made

Hearpreneur

No one can prepare you for a bad customer experience until it happens. They learn through their own experiences, such as specific courses they took in school or the server position they held at the local pizza shop. It requires a lot of training and learning from experiences that you can't be born into.