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If CAC is the New Rent, How should You Operate Differently?

View from Seed

For example, it might be most efficient to reach 25-year-olds living in NYC on Instagram these days; to reach 40-year-old moms with two kids living in Minneapolis, you might want to be seen next to their go-to grocery stores (which they frequent 3x/week). The post If CAC is the New Rent, How should You Operate Differently?

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. We also invested time in building out a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for restaurant partners to use and reference as they worked with HelpKitchen. We could not have done this without you all!

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Minneapolis/St. Just as Silicon Valley’s roots can be traced to innovation in World War II so can Minneapolis/St. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St. Parker was a ex Naval Academy graduate and a Minneapolis businessman who owned a glider manufacturing company and was well connected in Washington.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

George Floyd: In Minneapolis, George Floyd was held to the ground by a police officer kneeling on his neck during an arrest. Our store and HR teams are working with all of our displaced team members, including the more than 200 team members from our Lake Street store in Minneapolis. She responded by threatening to call the police."I'm

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Why There’s A Startup Boom In The US Midwest

The Startup Magazine

Ann Arbor, Columbus, Detroit, and Minneapolis have continued their rich vein of form, spitting out Midwest startups and raising venture capital at insane rates. They understand that with the emergence of remote work, they can compete globally for talent, rather than restricting their hiring to their operational geography. .

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Sense Corp. Moves Headquarters to Austin From St. Louis

SiliconHills

It also has operations in Dallas, Houston, Columbus, and Minneapolis. A consulting company focused on data and artificial intelligence, Sense Corp., is moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to Austin. The company, founded in 1996, already had an office in Austin. The post Sense Corp. Moves Headquarters to Austin From St.