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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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The Great HQ Migration

Feld Thoughts

When Oracle announced that it is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, this issue hit its tipping point. The more adventurous will move to Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming. We are officially on the other side of a phase transformation. They are Florida, Texas, and Washington (State).

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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The Courage to Monetize

Austin Startup

I was given revenue responsibility for the East, which meant everything east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, but I was still more or less commuting between ATL and LAX when not on the road with dealers. Some of you readers will recall that flying was actually enjoyable in those glory days, so I’m not complaining.)

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The Weird and Wonderful Business Of California

YoungUpstarts

We know it mostly as the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, miles of protected coastline, and some of the world’s best vineyards. But then, there’s a lot more to California – a state which has been racking up the weirdness since even before it became a state, all the way back in 1850. ’ It snows watermelons.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

We provide revenue-based funding and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses located outside of major capital markets such as Silicon Valley and New York City.”. “We GSD Capital. “ GSD Capital partners with early-stage SaaS founders to fund growth initiatives.

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