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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Louis tech investor. Louis areas, was another reason for starting up his engineering team there.

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Capital Innovators Graduates First Class of Entrepreneurs

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Tonight in downtown St. Louis the second group of companies to be funded by Capital Innovators will be announced. For example, Sam Glines says, "Effectively, NorseCorp , while led by me, born and raised in St Louis, was a stranger in its own town. We wrote about their innovative program last fall.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

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Located in an underused mixed-use office building in downtown St. Louis, the program is run by two venture capitalists - Judy Sindecuse and Hal Gentry - who have formed a new entity called Capital Innovators. Any firm can apply, but must agree to move to St. That, plus a layoff and reassignment of its St.

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6 Ways To Win Every Startup Competition You Enter

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Odds are you can’t win every startup competition you enter. Klein is the founder and CEO of a new peer-to-peer lending platform called SoMoLend and she’s won 25 of the 27 startup competitions she’s (That’s a winning percentage of 92.59% - do the math). Most startup competitions offer entrants the chance to connect with a mentor.

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SXSW Startups: Healium

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The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. Columbia is located between St. Louis and Kansas City in the “silicon prairie.”

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6 Ways To Win Every Startup Competition You Enter

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Odds are you can’t win every startup competition you enter. Klein is the founder and CEO of a new peer-to-peer lending platform called SoMoLend and she’s won 25 of the 27 startup competitions she’s (That’s a winning percentage of 92.59% - do the math). Most startup competitions offer entrants the chance to connect with a mentor.

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6 Ways To Win Every Startup Competition You Enter

ReadWriteStart

Odds are you can’t win every startup competition you enter. Klein is the founder and CEO of a new peer-to-peer lending platform called SoMoLend and she’s won 25 of the 27 startup competitions she’s (That’s a winning percentage of 92.59% – do the math). Most startup competitions offer entrants the chance to connect with a mentor.