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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

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Offering a product or service that is lacking in your area is a great reason to start a business, Drew Phillips, owner of The Angry Beaver, a gay/straight hybrid bar in West Virginia, says. “Me, Reason #24: The internet offers more sales possibilities. The community and the public response have been phenomenal.”

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The Coming Bits and Atoms Disruption

Andrew Payne

I’ve written recently about the entrepreneurial lottery , and the long odds for many pure-software Internet/consumer/mobile projects. next 2-5 years) of some major disruption happening in the mechanical & electromechanical worlds, driven by the convergence of three things: Internet-enabled collaboration.

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12 Questions: Meet Maximilian (USA)

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After my year as exchange student, one thing led to another – I came back for college (in West Virginia of all places), got married, got a job, moved around a couple times – you know, the usual things people do. But I have never taken a software class all my life, so why start now? Anybody wanna give me free lessons?

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Internet/Online Only. Accounting and Billing Software. Production Software. Internet/Digital Media. West Virginia. Software and Hardware. Finance/Accounting. Business Development. Marketing/Communications/PR. Production/Printing/Manufacturing. Operations. Companys Focus.

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

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Computer Software. Computer & Software Services. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Software. - West Virginia. Computer And Internet. West Virginia. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Food & Tobacco.