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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The United States is not uniform in its friendliness toward small businesses, and some states make operating a business easier than others. Idaho may be known for potatoes, but it should also be known as a stellar place to start a business. Prospective business owners must make a myriad of choices before even opening up shop.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. 30% have been operated by females, 70% have been operated by males. 40% have been operated by “visible minorities”, 60% have been operated by “non-visible minorities”. The average cash balance is $191,164. Growth support.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. Understand who has political and regulator influence and where they operate. PayPal – Dodging Bullets.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. Understand who has political and regulator influence and where they operate. PayPal – Dodging Bullets.

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

online.wsj.com

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Languishing businesses were counted as survivors. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based California.

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Is Click Fraud Devouring Your Ad Budget?

ConversionXL

“Click fraud can be extremely unsettling for well-to-do publishers and advertisers on search,’ says Grayson Kemper , Content & Editorial Manager for Clutch , “particularly during a time when many businesses are operating with an incredibly tight budget.”. Still, blocking IP addresses isn’t a perfect solution. It’s risk vs. reward.

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Innovation, like eggs, is cheaper in the country

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Philo Farnsworth, the Idaho farm boy, helped invent TV. WISP’s are not that new, but up until now most of them are mom and pop operations. aXess has a strategy to professionalize this niche, create a lot of access, perhaps acquire some smaller operators, and create a real winner. In Internet access!

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