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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development: Start Your Business. Small Business Development Center Michigan. Oklahoma Small Business Development Center. If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. Grand Rapids, MI.

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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

Here’s a word association game: what do you think of when you hear “Omaha, Nebraska”? A collaborative, inclusive approach to startup development. They develop a certain resilience and resourcefulness, and a willingness to put up with getting knocked around a bit before getting back on their feet. But not for long.

Omaha 100
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Is EOS Worth It For Businesses

The Startup Magazine

Tracy’s EOS-driven approach streamlines business functions, fosters leadership development, and propels businesses toward their goals. Her specialization in business growth transforms the vision of business owners and leadership teams into tangible results.

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Hectic Holiday Season: 10 Tips For Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

Develop a process for recording the hobbies/interests of your customer’s family and friends. Larry Sternberg, president of Talent Plus, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based firm that helps companies with employee selection, says it best. The holidays are a perfect time to personalize.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. They acquired quantitative data by going through the 2008 Agricultural Census. Most importantly their model of the customer began to evolve.

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2 Real Time-Saving Hacks That Every Entrepreneur Should Know

YoungUpstarts

When Bill Gates was asked by a student at Nebraska State what superpower he would want to have, Gates famously replied, “Being able to read super-fast”. Develop a business that can generate passive income or at least run on autopilot. Speed-reading. If you are reading the right books, then reading is gathering information.

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The New Big Ten Logo – Is it Love?

crowdSPRING Blog

I also mentioned how excited I was to see what they would come up with when the Big Ten added Nebraska to their ranks, changing the number of participating colleges to twelve. (As Let’s start with what they where going for in the development of the new logo. As a graduate of a Big Ten school, I have a vested interest in this topic.)