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Tech Checkup: Cloud Technology Redefining the Dental Industry

The Startup Magazine

The group structure of a DSO also provides the flexibility that this generation demands along with the potential for revenue growth through practice expansion. What that means: In one “real world” case, a Pennsylvania dental group realized on a Sunday that, due to an epic snowstorm, its offices would have to stay closed on Monday.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s

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

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. ” I did my startups in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the investment criteria that I set for K9 Ventures is based on geography. Having a healthy respect for effort and learning is important.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. ” I did my startups in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the investment criteria that I set for K9 Ventures is based on geography. Having a healthy respect for effort and learning is important.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Distribution. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Art and Designers. Auditing Services. Competitive Intelligence. Consultants.