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[Interview] Zack Creed, Oakville Golf Instructor On Entrepreneurship, Career Transitions

YoungUpstarts

While working as the co-first assistant professional at the Highland Golf & Country Club in Indianapolis in 2014, he was a finalist for Indiana Professional of the Year. How do you think learning a sport, broadly speaking, helps entrepreneurs develop skills they need for business?

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

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An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Developing a moat isn’t formulaic. An aspiring entrant would need to build a network of railways to compete independently. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. Image source ).

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth.

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[Interview] Bluebridge Digital CEO Discusses The State Of The Cloud

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by Eva McKnight, Formstack Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. This article was contributed by Eva McKnight (@evachristine09) of Formstack.

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

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Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Indianapolis, IN. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Here are some additional U.S. Minneapolis, MN.

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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

Feld Thoughts

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

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4 Ways To Solve The Employee Engagement Problem With Mobile

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Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market.

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