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NASA’s Mission to Mars Depends on a Historic Rocket Engine Test Stand in Mississippi

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By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The historic B-2 rocket engine test stand, built in 1966, has tested Saturn V and Space Shuttle main engines. Austin San Antonio #NASASocial B-2 Test Stand Mississippi NASA SLS Stennis Space Center'

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

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An entrepreneur who brings out innovation and disruption at the same time is highly successful Muhammad Yunus, the founder of microcredit and micro-finance, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize is an excellent example of a successful entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of the famous Huffington Post and the founder of Thrive Global.

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Silicon Hills News’ Latest Magazine on Tech Startups Taking Off

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By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Rockets launching are a symbol of Texas’ rich history in the space industry. Although innovation has become a buzzword in many circles it still rings true in Texas and the neighboring states of Louisiana and Mississippi, which all have NASA facilities.

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How Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) Can Help Your Business

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SBDC advisors tend to be serial entrepreneurs—people who have experience starting their own businesses and really want to help other founders. Mississippi State University helps process the data each year and organizes the results for the ASBDC. Our founder, Tim Berry, attended the very first one. But don’t be afraid to go in.

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15 Famous Companies That Started As Something Much Different

YoungUpstarts

Simply put, smart businesses tend to follow the money, and sometimes that means growing into a business the founders hadn’t ever imagined. But in those days, as the Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, the only thing they were sending was telegrams. Berkshire Hathaway. Western Union.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. Mississippi. Mississippi. MOST READ on FOLIO: F+W Acquires Aspire Media. Merging Brands with Technology. Defining Mobile Opportunities and Strategies. Reports: Major Layoffs at Spin. FOLIO: Alerts & Newsletters. FOLIO: Alert News Updates. District of Columbia.

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How to Fund a Startup

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I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded.