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

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How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. It creates a feeder system of local businesses that get their first biz dev deals or sales contracts. Angry Birds?

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. 1 – Medical Device Sales. As a sales representative I noticed that the promotional efforts for Plastic Surgeons were held by a few large firms that overcharged. Sales Account Manager.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

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But that's just part of the rejection of doing sales. Now that's, it's a little bit misleading in the sense that the investment, I could write the software myself because I got a software engineering degree from mit. I think it was Nickerson, Kansas. John Jantsch (19:21): So I've spent a lot of time in Kansas.

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