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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

Up and Running

It happened last Friday in the semi-final round of the University of Oregon’s New Venture Competition, which was eventually won Saturday by a University of Louisville company named NanoMark Therapuetics. This is a true story. Image: from the New Venture Championship Blog).

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9 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

I’ve been flipping homes in Louisville for the past four years now and nothing has made me really inspired by the thought of scaling my operations. Thanks to Lori Cheek, Cheekd ! #2- 2- Expanding into Texas. Photo credit: Matt Rostosky. Next year, I am expanding my already successful business into Texas.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him. Tell him what Backupify can do to help you or your constituents move to the cloud with confidence.

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Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Fantastic post by Ernie Miller on why he loves bing a programmer in Louisville - [link]. What You Really Need Is A Market, Not An Idea | Paul Finn - [link]. Eight things Marc Andreessen said to Quartz that made us sit up and listen - [link]. Why Instagram Hopes You Won’t Mind The Ads – [link].

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How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth

ReadWriteStart

Yu and Young have hosted webinars with schools from Syracuse University to the University of Louisville, spoken in front of high school assemblies, and spoken at many universities. BlitzMetrics trains young people through online training systems and university partnerships.

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Separating Regional Economic Development Fact From Fiction

Feld Thoughts

Today I read the following headline in the Boulder Daily Camera: “ Phillips 66 to sell 432-acre campus in Louisville. Bill Ritter on Wednesday revealed that ConocoPhillips has purchased the former StorageTek campus in Louisville.” Phillips 66 pulls the plug on Louisville energy campus. Related articles.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

Breonna Taylor : Shortly after midnight on March 13, Louisville police, executing a search warrant, used a battering ram to crash into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency room technician. After a brief confrontation, they fired several shots, striking her at least eight times.

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