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

Up and Running

If you are a female entrepreneur, pay extra attention to Grand Rapids, which WalletHub ranks as the second best city to start a business in. If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. Louis is a growing hub for startup activity.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My name is Bryan Clark and I am a professional writer and blog editor in the tech, entrepreneurship, finance and digital lifestyle fields. I have written before for Entrepreneurs Journey in 2007 and I’m happy to say I am back with a new column starting today. I can get a falafel at any number of places in St.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My name is Bryan Clark and I am a professional writer and blog editor in the tech, entrepreneurship, finance and digital lifestyle fields. I have written before for Entrepreneurs Journey in 2007 and I’m happy to say I am back with a new column starting today. I can get a falafel at any number of places in St.

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Bootstrapping At B-Schools? | Sramana Mitra

Campus Entrepreneurship

First a snippet from the post and then some comments: It is my observation that not bootstrapping and not validating their ideas with customers before going out to raise financing is one of the most common causes of the Infant Entrepreneur Mortality IEM disease. Louis University. This is so incorrect.

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From Haitian Roots to a Silicon Valley Address: How Bianca St.Louis Is Building Her Rep & a Career in Tech

Hunter Walker

I learn a lot from Bianca St. At that particular meeting Robin Chase was in attendance (I think she was the only woman entrepreneur) and I was in awe how she moved this idea to the product that became Zipcar. MintBills – Personal finance is such an important part of our lives since it impacts so many components of our well being.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a big business in Finance working with Excel, but that’s an outlier. This was the moment where Zuckerberg (20 something entrepreneur) schooled Rupert Murdoch. None are in Silicon Valley, one is in New York City, they’re spread out across the world (France, Estonia, St. Stackoverflow was created in 2008.