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

Up and Running

Oklahoma City, OK. Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. Furthermore, Oklahoma City is one of the fastest growing U.S. Oklahoma Small Business Development Center. SCORE Oklahoma City. Lincoln, NE.

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

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If the best client success person is in Oklahoma instead of LA, we’re going to hire her, (in fact, we did). We’re also able to source the best talent from anywhere, not just a specific city because that’s where headquarters happen to be. Hire versatile players and lean into your team The SVB collapse reminded us that staffing matters.

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A VC Puts On His Equity Crowdfunding Hat

YoungUpstarts

If the startup is not a scalable high-growth, high-tech firm, but rather is in a sector where venture capitalists are a bit scarcer (for example, real estate, banking and finance, retail, or consumer goods), equity crowdfunding may be a better fit. What kind of business is being launched?

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Episode 111: Grow with ‘No’ featuring Clay Clark

Mike Michalowicz

Clay Clark is the former “US Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year” for the state of Oklahoma and the founder of Thrive15.com. He and his companies have been featured in PandoDaily, Forbes, Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, and countless publications.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. This dominance has been declining as firms and their funding have moved into or sprung up in other cities around the country. all Bay Area firms?—?investing

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

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