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5 Keys To Starting A New Venture In Your Local Town

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. Colby is a living example of how it works there, starting with his Parengo Coffee Shop in Sikeston, Missouri.

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New Crowdfunding Site CrowdIt To Incorporate Mentoring, Networking

YoungUpstarts

CrowdIt ( www.crowdit.com ) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by building an online community, as well as incorporating elements of mentoring, peer review and business networking for inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs and other associated dreamers.

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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. Louis; and if you are a female entrepreneur, the Missouri Women’s Council should be on your resources list. Louis Magazine with Missouri SCORE counselor Bob Boles. Grand Rapids, MI.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain The Role A Coach Plays in Their Business

Hearpreneur

Many entrepreneurs attribute their success to the mere factor that they had a business coach guide them through the process. Here’s what entrepreneurs had to say about the role a coach plays in their business. #1- The coach is a means for the entrepreneur to get better every day, not the business. 1- Four ways.

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Learn To Code With One Month Rails

YoungUpstarts

” Many students who have undergone the program and picked up web development include Sandi Lin, CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based Everpath ( www.everpath.org ), Bradley Kipp, co-founder of Virginia-based UpHex ( [link] ), and Mike Wyatt II, a GM factory worker-turned-developer based in Missouri.

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Breaking Down The Logistical And Psychological Barriers That Keep Disabled Entrepreneurs From Success

The Startup Magazine

That being said, there are still huge barriers in the way of success when it comes to disabled entrepreneurs. A good measure of how welcoming a city will be for disabled entrepreneurs is an overall look at their inclusivity as a whole. Source: Pexels. The matter of infrastructure. A lack of support. Support programs are essential.

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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Up With Changing Regulations

YoungUpstarts

Regulation is one issue that looms exceptionally large for tech entrepreneurs. The importance of law to an entrepreneur can’t be overstated. Entrepreneurs whose products will come under government regulations must first make them official with the necessary branch of government.