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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. If you are interested in starting a business in Lincoln, check out these resources: Starting a Business in Nebraska. Nebraska One-Stop Business. Community Development Resources Nebraska.

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Your network is bigger than you think

Reid Hoffman

Interconnectedness feels good emotionally, but professionally it is limiting because the same information recycles through your local network of like-minded friends. That’s why the breadth and reach of your network is valuable. The world may be small, but your network isn’t. And remember to nurture the network you’re building.

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The New Big Ten Logo – Is it Love?

crowdSPRING Blog

I also mentioned how excited I was to see what they would come up with when the Big Ten added Nebraska to their ranks, changing the number of participating colleges to twelve. (As Another approach is the one from the BIGTEN Network. As a graduate of a Big Ten school, I have a vested interest in this topic.)

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Online Toughies: The Cyber World’s Most Wanted Criminals

YoungUpstarts

It might seem like a rather low-hanging target, until you recollect that this is one of the USA’s (and therefore the world’s) biggest satellite and cable television networks. What Mesri did was to infiltrate the network’s corporate servers by compromising user accounts in order to gain access to valuable data stores.

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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

Picture this: Your family builds a tremendous business in Nebraska over four generations making black socks. Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. The next generation isn't interested in socks.

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VolunteerSpot Lands $1.5 Million Investment

SiliconHills

ff Venture Capital of New York led the investment along with the Central Texas Angel Network, Nebraska Angel network, Angel List and Baylor Angel Network. VolunteerSpot, which creates tools for moms, nonprofit organizers and others to coordinate volunteers, has received $1.5

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Startup Lessons Learned

Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. Michigan: Detroit Van Buren Minnesota: Minneapolis Missouri: Kirksville Montana: Bozeman Helena Missoula Pablo Nebraska: Lincoln Omaha Nevada: Las Vegas, /usr/lib, 520 Fremont St Las Vegas, CHSI Technologies, 770 Pilot Rd.