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New Crowdfunding Site CrowdIt To Incorporate Mentoring, Networking

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Crowdfunding, the new in-thing in micro-financing that’s taken the world by storm thanks to the likes of Kickstarter , takes a twist with new crowdfunding site CrowdIt. The Springfield, Missouri-based startup is privately held and backed by venture capital firm Baron VC.

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

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Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. See Also: Starting a Business Guide.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

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Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Web Design/Tech Services. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. Loading… Business.