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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. From startup Rovio in Finland.

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Transcript of How to Build a Community Around Your Business

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In Kansas City. But in the early stages it does require a reasonable chunk of work. .” That email can buy you another six months of interest and passion, because it taps into that need for validation that we tend to have. And you see an interesting new restaurant.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? What Does a City Need to Compete? Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. Welcome to the future. Money is the easy part.