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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Invest Midwest ended with a presentation by Jim McKelvey, cofounder of the mobile-payment company Square and a local St.

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What Skills Every New Internet Entrepreneur Needs

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I had lunch with one of my favorite Internet entrepreneurs today, Mark Sawyier , the CEO of Off Campus Media. Sawyier came to this business without any formal training in computer science, business, management, or other technology training, yet he is a natural when it comes to running a modern-day Internet business.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

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Located in an underused mixed-use office building in downtown St. Louis, the program is run by two venture capitalists - Judy Sindecuse and Hal Gentry - who have formed a new entity called Capital Innovators. Any firm can apply, but must agree to move to St. That, plus a layoff and reassignment of its St.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Louis – where I live – has never had much of a street food scene until the last two years. If you map out the internet like a street map though, you’ll begin to see that location is just as important. Internet marketing is “rubbing elbows” with those around you. This one tip worked wonders for me.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Louis – where I live – has never had much of a street food scene until the last two years. If you map out the internet like a street map though, you’ll begin to see that location is just as important. Internet marketing is “rubbing elbows” with those around you. This one tip worked wonders for me.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

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Louis Arch Angels. Biotech, life science and medical devices are usually funded at higher pre-money valuations than, say, software and Internet companies. Philadelphia. Pasadena Angels. increasing. DC Dinner Clubs. DC/Virginia. up slightly. Sierra Angels. Incline Village, NV. Wilmington Investor Network. Wilmington, NC. Golden Angels.

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How to Create Local Content for Local SEO

Duct Tape Marketing

Pre-internet days, it didn’t take a lot for local businesses to notify a prospect that they are located in the same city. They wrote a blog post titled, St. Louis Suburbs Giving Citations for Unkept Trees. How to Create Local Content for Local SEO written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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