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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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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. None are in Silicon Valley, one is in New York City, they’re spread out across the world (France, Estonia, St. Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software.