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

Up and Running

With low operation costs and a large banking sector, Sioux Falls is receiving national attention as a great place to start a business. South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development: Start Your Business. Small Business Development Center Michigan. Oklahoma City, OK. SCORE Oklahoma City. Lincoln, NE.

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Preventing Stupid: 3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask

YoungUpstarts

In western Oklahoma there are many companies depending on oil production for their livelihood. Failure due to ignorance regarding your business can strike either the management side or the operations side of a business. Catastrophes are the natural and man-made disasters that originate outside your business and hinder your goals.

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The 10 Best Teams Ever Assembled (And What We Can Learn From Them)

YoungUpstarts

The coming-together of these two musical virtuosos resulted in a 16-year partnership that produced instant classics like Oklahoma! answered the call to beat Hitler to the development of a nuclear weapon. Name your favorite musical; odds are these guys wrote it. State Fair , South Pacific , The King and I , and The Sound of Music.

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The Flaming Lips and Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

As many of you know I’ve participated in the annual State of Creativity Forum in Oklahoma for several years. It’s in just a few weeks, so register, and make plans now to arrive in Oklahoma City for the March 31st one day event. Oklahoma City has turned the corner on talent exporting, let me explain.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. DJVentureWire : Clinical Development News, Sept. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based

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Small Business and Startups: Prepare For the Worst

crowdSPRING Blog

Preparing for a disaster is a simply matter of reviewing your vulnerabilities, developing a detailed plan, and training your employees for the inevitable. The point is that every business should take the time to think through how an emergency could affect your business and what you would need to do to keep operations going.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

Finally, there is a qualitative discussion needed about the types of capital needed — and the diversity of the investing partners at the funds in Austin — to support startup development growth in addition to the ongoing debate about the amount of local capital needed. He is the founder and former Co-Chairman and CEO of Motion Computing.