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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Invest Midwest ended with a presentation by Jim McKelvey, cofounder of the mobile-payment company Square and a local St.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

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Located in an underused mixed-use office building in downtown St. Louis, the program is run by two venture capitalists - Judy Sindecuse and Hal Gentry - who have formed a new entity called Capital Innovators. Any firm can apply, but must agree to move to St. That, plus a layoff and reassignment of its St.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

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During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. Louis Arch Angels. Biotech, life science and medical devices are usually funded at higher pre-money valuations than, say, software and Internet companies. Philadelphia. Pasadena Angels. increasing. DC Dinner Clubs.

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How to Create Local Content for Local SEO

Duct Tape Marketing

Pre-internet days, it didn’t take a lot for local businesses to notify a prospect that they are located in the same city. Develop case studies that address the different neighborhoods you serve. One important thing to keep in mind throughout your content development is intent. They wrote a blog post titled, St.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

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ShopClues (2x WashU St. MBA Unicorns Weigh Heavily Toward Software, Consumer Internet, and E-Commerce. Unsurprisingly, software, consumer internet, and e-commerce companies make up the significant majority of MBA unicorns. Consumer Internet: Dianping (Wharton), Delivery Hero (Vienna), Houzz (Tel Aviv), and GrabTaxi (HBS).

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From Haitian Roots to a Silicon Valley Address: How Bianca St.Louis Is Building Her Rep & a Career in Tech

Hunter Walker

I learn a lot from Bianca St. I think more and more people have been developing the confidence to go out and build and solve problems. Nuzzel – Since I’m not a professional tweeter and on the internets all day (contrary to popular belief lol) I appreciate this app. Company culture is improving somewhat.

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Why Hinterlands Startups Can’t Get Silicon Valley Funding

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The Internet and all its associated machines and gadgets enable anyone to be connected to anyone else -anytime, anywhere. Judy Sindecuse , CEO and managing partner at Capital Innovators , a startup accelerator in St. Louis, is trying to crack the code. Louis area and provides them $50,000 in seed funding.