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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). Second-Time Entrepreneurs – The other byproduct of “wins” is you have second-time entrepreneurs who want to be founders of their next company. Angry Birds?

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He's the founder of GrubHub and he founded in his spare bedroom and grew it to a multi billion dollar online food delivery. I think it was Nickerson, Kansas. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans. This is John Jantsch.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. I’m an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete.