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

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1871 is home to hundreds of early stage, high growth digital startups and offers tremendous resources and programming to entrepreneurs at all stages of their startup journey. Indianapolis, IN. Chicago’s 1871, created in 2012 to support Chicago’s startup community, ranks 1st in the U.S. Sound good? We think so.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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20 years ago could you have imagined ExactTarget becoming a multi-billion company in Indianapolis? This can have an enormous benefit to kick-starting a local startup community as it will ensure many more early-stage at-bats happen locally. Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? Welcome to the future.