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Transcript of Business Lessons Learned on the Baseball Field

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a speaker, MC and a television announcer with 25 years or so under his belt, the last 12 with the Kansas City Royals. John Jantsch: I have to tell you, first off, a lot of my listeners know that I’m in Kansas City and that I’m a Kansas City Royals fan that I got a solid single off of Monte at fantasy camp.

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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). Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. From startup Rovio in Finland.

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Startup firms partnering with government? Really?

Austin Startup

The city of San Leandro asked for assistance with data analytics and insights as it sought to make critical decisions about how to increase engagement with constituents. Kansas City, Mo., selected five startup companies to partner with for a 12-week program. Startup firms partnering with government?

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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Michael Bloomberg.

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

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. After all, a great startup community can grow anywhere — from the buzzing streets of New York City to sleepy rural Iowa.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

This time I told him I’d run it by my partners and get their feedback. And, through our deep relationship with Techstars, our reach and network is even further and includes cities like Detroit, Kansas City, Austin, Chicago, San Antonio, and San Diego. Julien talking about AvidXchange.

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Transcript of The Evolution of Networking and How It Can Benefit Your Business Today

Duct Tape Marketing

And so long story, but got into blogging and podcasting and doing those sorts of things in order to expand my reach and eventually teamed up with my business partner Dr. Jeremy Weiss. “Hey, Seth, I’m gonna be in New York, would you meet me at Starbucks? I think because of that our world is changing.