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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

get the attention of the market they choose. For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. It’s very important. There are many good reasons to do so.

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How To Find The Best City For Your Type Of Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

get the attention of the market they choose. For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. It’s very important. There are many good reasons to do so.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

A year or so ago I read an early draft of a new book titled The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. Although I initially dismissed DevOps as just another marketing fad, my friend John Willis corrected me, in the way that only true friends can do, saying, “Don’t be dense. A novel, you might ask?

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

It’s clear that Link put a lot of thought into the design of their space, providing co-workers with excellent lighting, some of the best chairs on the market, and even views of inspirational green space. Current members include marketers, writers, web developers, and non-profit tech companies. Thinkspace. Ignition Alley.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. I launched a marketing strategy consulting firm, Perspective Marketing, and found it convenient and cost effective to work from home. What is Hera Hub?

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? Today’s article is presented by the founder of Stealthmode Partners in Phoenix, Arizona. All problems will go away.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So, like in most things, is who you know and networking and finding out the next person in line, the next person in line. So Leon and I have met numerous times, about marketing strategy and the music one is that developed after Chicago became a customer. Patrick: You know, I think most start ups are not like that. Dan: Exactly.

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