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

Up and Running

Grand Rapids is also home to StartGarden, a startup accelerator with the goal of turning Michigan into a flourishing business ecosystem. Small Business Development Center Michigan. If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. StartGarden.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. 39 years ago I got on that plane and never went back. (And

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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. You’ll have access to a huge network of your peers, giving you an opportunity to meet influential people and inspiring minds. Don’t let these SNAFUs threaten to topple your personal finances.

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Kickstarting Your Idea On A Crowd Funding Platform

YoungUpstarts

Crowd funding – also known as crowd financing or hyper funding – allows people to network and pool together money and resources to invest and support in projects or initiatives started by others. A crowd funding service like Kickstarter merely helps them find potential financing to bring their ideas to fruition.

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How To Find Businesses For Sale

YoungUpstarts

As an entrepreneur, there are different ways in which you can invest your finances. They may be openly advertised, or only discoverable through networking or relationships. This can be done through networking at industry conferences or even through events at the local Chamber of Commerce. Engage With Other Entrepreneurs.

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Founders Interview: ServiceMaster by Simons Franchise Owners Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa

The Startup Magazine

Nasutsa concentrates on human resources, office administration, marketing, finance, customer service and networking. In my background, I was Senior Project Manager for a 600 acre mixed use redevelopment project on the former USX steel mill in southeast Chicago along lake Michigan. TSM: Excellent.

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Moving Fast, Breaking Things, and the Support of Disruption

This is going to be BIG.

First and foremost that means eliminating the requirement for warm intros which makes those people already in my network, who statistically tend to look like me, the gatekeepers. And only then can you put asks out every single day to get the pitches from the smartest people in their network and expect it to look different.

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