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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

That summer, this bumpkin/badass former governor from Vermont running for president (Howard Dean) had found this guy Joe Trippi to run his presidential campaign. We’re engineers laying down foundational tech that others will build on top of. ” I’m very glad I did. This s**t isn’t easy. Be gracious on The Frontier.

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Team, Team, Team

ithacaVC

Two teams from Ithaca (one of which was mine) and then one team from Vermont and one from Binghamton. On Saturday, we tied both of our games (against Vermont and Binghamton). Vermont team was pissed, but that is soccer. Well, you guessed it… the top 2 teams were mine and Vermont. I knew this going in.

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The Innovative Power Of Fiction For Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

After graduating college at the tender age of 20, I moved to Vermont, bursting with a plan to write a novel. Merriam Webster defines denial as a “negation in logic, ” and the greatest innovations are all about some kind of denial of reality, swimming against the tide of business logic or established engineering practices.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Cohen and Greenfield borrowed $4,000 to build their first ice cream business in Vermont in 1978, with a total investment of $12,000. He was ultimately approved after several years of application and soon progressed to the position of vice president of engineering at Cisco. Things started to move quickly.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

You have to invest your product resources — your most valuable asset, your engineers — into specific deliverables. I mean, no one in San Antonio is going to know what you did in Montpelier, Vermont. But as an operator, there are a few decisions you make each year that are super, super important. You know, is it going to be A, B, or C?

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries. More than 200,000 startups have already used the platform to connect with 45,000 investors.

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. It boasts more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors, and over 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months.