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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. Customer Development. FirstMark Platform’s 100+ annual events and 50,000+ members are also extensive customer opportunities for their portcos. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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What Are The Statutes Of Limitations And Why Are They Important? 

YoungUpstarts

A business open to the public has the responsibility to keep customers safe. The business can be held liable if customers were injured, and the staff knew but did nothing to compensate for it. So when does the workplace get sued for personal injury ? The proprietors are also liable for injury to their staff. 5 years – Missouri .

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How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

It’s about being somewhere your customers will see you, about being in a competitive location, about staying within budget, and about meeting local and state regulations and laws. Ultimately, they decided on a location in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, located right off the 95 and on every major bus route.

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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 37:34: Customer Discovery isn’t just a bunch of random conversations. 39:03: Mistakes that blow a customer meeting.

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5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Art Students

crowdSPRING Blog

A college visit this weekend to the Rhode Island School of Design helped to gel some of these ideas. We were fortunate to visit studios and classrooms and have the opportunity to speak with students and faculty at the school and it was inspirational for both my son and I, perhaps in different ways. Collaborate.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

Currently, you can form an L3C in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, and in the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Pros of The L3C Structure.

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Maternova Experiences Impressive Growth Since Winning Palo Alto Software’s First LivePlan $10,000 Business Boost Competition

Up and Running

Palo Alto Software announced today that it is excited to see the ongoing growth of Rhode Island-based startup, Maternova ([link] , the social venture startup winner of Palo Alto Software’s first annual national business plan competition in 2012, dubbed the “LivePlan $10,000 Boost”. Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 14, 2013.