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Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. If you know that you will need a large amount of outside financing to start your business, you may want to consider Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska One-Stop Business. Lincoln, NE.

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Picture this: Your family builds a tremendous business in Nebraska over four generations making black socks. In fact, one of my largest investors from a family office were former private investment people themselves, and their due dilligence was off the charts. You make more black socks for more people in the western world than anyone.

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