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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin. Named after Alan B.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Decathlon Capital.

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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Jamie Bacher , CEO and co-founder, answered some questions about the San Francisco-based company.

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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

YoungUpstarts

by Stan Huser, founder of SunDocumentFilings. Some states, such as Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico and Tennessee for example, don’t require you to register a DBA at all. Stan Huser is the founder of SunDocumentFilings , a California-based company that helps entrepreneurs with their business filings in any U.S.

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The 50 Top Startups at SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Read interview Portable Surgical Visualization System , Philadelphia, PA Zibrio SmartScale , Houston, TX Alternates: InvestAcure, PBC , New York, NY Rhaeos , Chicago, IL Triad Health AI , Boulder, CO Hyper-Connected Communities 5 pm Saturday, March 9 Finalists: FT Aviator , Houston, TX NODE , Seattle, WA ObjectBox , Munich, Germany UbiGro , Los Alamos, (..)

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Responses: Santa Fe Friends + Cali Friends + +

Scalable Startup

New Mexico is a weak startup location – missing many parts and move too slowly. I missed the excitement of the real business world and the water. I made amazing friends out there and enjoyed small town life very much, but needed to plug back in and wanted to launch a startup here.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. No one funded us.

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