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Build, Buy Or Build To Buy

YoungUpstarts

Second, and equally as important, cloud services platforms are increasing offered with web service APIs that allow the client, vendor or even a third-party integrator to easily customize the solution to meet the exact needs of the firm, without requiring proprietary knowledge of the vendor.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. Think again. Angry Birds? From startup Rovio in Finland. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And build from there.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Arizona Bay, after all, had built the IT infrastructure and Web applications that Jumpstart needed to hit it big. He prefers to work with companies that are building Web-based applications and have relatively low start-up costs. The sports endorsement industry is worth nearly $1 billion and has only recently begun migrating to the Web.

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Why Your Computer Desk Is Breaking Your Back (And How To Fix It)

YoungUpstarts

Hello web surfer. When Shelley isn’t busy writing about home design, she’s often designing or decorating her own home in Iowa. By Shelley Little. I see you sitting there, hunched over your desk, squinting at your computer screen. Take a moment to take stock of your body and your posture.

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Google launches Google for Entrepreneurs to keep an even closer eye on startups around the world

The Next Web

Partners include the Idea Village in New Orleans, Communitech in Waterloo, Tetuan Valley in Wroclaw, the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg and the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce in Iowa. Think of it as Google’s way of helping startups so it can keep a closer eye on which ones are worth acquiring.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: PVPower

crowdSPRING Blog

Driving through Iowa, Indiana or southern Illinois, they’re pretty hard to miss towering and turning on the horizon. In contrast, the only solar panel I’ve seen in real life was in Forest City, Iowa, a town I’d be hard-pressed to find a handful of people who have heard of it. through our website at pvpower.com.

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Your city doesn’t have a startup community? Start one!

The Next Web

After all, a great startup community can grow anywhere — from the buzzing streets of New York City to sleepy rural Iowa. If you’re motivated enough to start your own business and create something great from a simple idea, then you’re certainly motivated enough to jumpstart a local startup community.

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