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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Join our community. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. But that hasnt deterred outfits like Arizona Bay.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Mr. Lindzon received an MBA at Arizona State University and an MIM from The American Graduate School of International Management. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students. If you need experienced partners and vendors, the best professors and entrepreneurship staff will have the contacts you need in the local business community.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

Or consider Local Motors, an Arizona-based car company with a difference. And when that happens, micro-multinationals, their employees, customers and communities all prosper. [1] Its executives sit in San Francisco, its CTO is based in the Dominican Republic, and its development team is in Belgrade. 3] Varian, H., 5] FedEx GCR 2014. [6]

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Trust me, if you lose all your money on your brother-in-law's Arizona tanning salon, it's not going to hurt any less than if you lose it in his seed fund. If venture funds could be supported by the local communities they invest in, you'd create a fantastic dynamic. tanning salon/seed fund combo. Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?).

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