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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 and are guiding LA 2.0. But Is This Really That Surprising? Isn’t the Overall Market Just Booming Now? .

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The Top Nine Challenges Of Growing an Entrepreneurial Business And How To Tackle Them

YoungUpstarts

The 54 companies in the study operated product and service businesses, had been in business on average 9.6 Some of them, such as Eyebobs in Minneapolis, Trilogy Health Services in Kentucky, Defender Direct in Indianapolis, SecureWorks in Atlanta, and Mellace Family Brands in California, were well-known companies. magazine.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local. On the ground, I am seeing more hybrid solutions.

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

Intangible assets constitute patents and trademarks,” writes Alex Graham , “but also hard-earned competitive advantages, such as brand names and culture.”. Moats built on efficient scale apply to a small number of businesses, like the aforementioned freight rail operators. Some “intangible” assets are more defined than others.

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Eight Ways To Fight Entrepreneurial Fires And Constantly Improve In The Process

YoungUpstarts

I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. You should also have checklists critical to the operation of your business. Do so and you’ll turn each one of them into an opportunity to improve. He called them ‘huddles.’ magazine.

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[Interview] Bluebridge Digital CEO Discusses The State Of The Cloud

YoungUpstarts

by Eva McKnight, Formstack Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. Jaramillo was also recently named to Inc.

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