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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Las Vegas, NV. Startup activity in Las Vegas is booming. Let’s take a look at some of the best U.S. Austin, TX.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. We wanted our name to reflect both the changes we’ve made and how we plan to operate for the next 20 years. But you may ask: “What else have you done other than change your name?

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Startup activity in Las Vegas is booming. After the economy crashed in 2008, Las Vegas was pushed to reinvent itself in order to survive.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Startup activity in Las Vegas is booming. After the economy crashed in 2008, Las Vegas was pushed to reinvent itself in order to survive.

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8 Online Businesses Disrupting Their Industry

YoungUpstarts

Often the only way for companies to establish themselves in a market is to do something innovative and take the shine off their competitors. Although this might seem difficult, there are plenty of new businesses that have done just that and managed to carve out a place for themselves in what are often saturated markets. HotelTonight.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

I’ve been helping clients with digital marketing (mostly Facebook ads) since early 2016, but this year was able to quit my job to do that full-time. We pride ourselves on offering our clients the best marketing services possible, and our most recent hires are a perfect fit for our mission. 3- Quitting my day job.

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Ideas Aren’t Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

If you’re a start-up you’ll need to hire a team of people, raise funds, market your idea, sell it, and somehow profit from it. It’s called by many names: brainstorming, idea generation, ideation, and New Product Development (NPD) to name a few. How to Have More and Better Ideas for Innovation (Part 1 of 3).