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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest

ReadWriteStart

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. Then Satish Tripathi from Skokie, Illinois, discussed Biomedical Consulting International Inc. ,

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Cost-Effective TipsTo Save The Budget-Conscious Startup

The Startup Magazine

This stark reminder about startup failure serves to encourage you to be smarter about your startup, particularly your finances. Basing your startup in Silicon Valley gives you some advantages. You aren’t the only entrepreneur inspired by Silicon Valley. Think about relocating out of the typical startup zones.

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

identify financing vehicles before you need them. MATTER is funded and supported by a broad range of private sector partners including established companies, providers, payers, service providers and others; as well as public sector support from the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago. It Takes a Village.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Business Schools And Early Stage Entrepreneurship

ReadWriteStart

Nonetheless, in the last couple of years, the flow of first-time entrepreneurs who come out with the misconception that Entrepreneurship = Financing has not abated. Folks, please understand a simple point: Business schools, when they teach you entrepreneurship, teach you about financing. Eventbin.com. Jay's age band is 18-45.

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Cash-strapped? How to pay for services with your startup’s equity

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Peoria, Illinois, cash-strapped startups look for inventive way to finance their business – often handing out equity to employees, consultants, vendors, and other service providers. It’s a logical solution.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

And then you fast forward a couple of weeks, I live here in Santa Clara County in Silicon Valley, which actually I think had one of the first cases or one of the- Eric Ries : Of community spread, yeah. But then by my second year, I had a real interest in finance. Sal Khan : first cases of community spread.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances.