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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

At a young age I watched her open a bakery, which in the early 80′s was ahead of its time in serving croissants, gourmet coffee and high-end, homemade cakes, cheesecakes and french pastries for our small town of Sacramento, California (Carmichael, if you know the area). She started it with a partner, 50-50. I see it all the time.

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How To Build An Online Business Community That Markets For You

YoungUpstarts

One of the simplest and strongest methods to beef up the effectiveness of your campaign is building an online business community. An online business community is not just the number of followers on your Twitter account; it’s a network of people who care about what you are doing and what you represent. Start with Conversation.

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What Rejected Cities Can Learn From Amazon’s Feedback And 15 Tips For Attracting Business Investment To Your Community) 

YoungUpstarts

by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “ Cities across America have been vying for the privilege of hosting Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters, which is expected to bring with it up to 50,000 high-paying jobs. Have a dashboard.

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Champing At The Bit: Can You Pay Your Workers In Bitcoin?

YoungUpstarts

Announcing that you pay workers in bitcoin might signal to the community that you are a cutting-edge business on the forefront of modern strategies. Ebbink is Of Counsel in the firm’s Sacramento, Calif. There is also a bit of cachet associated with the use of bitcoin. Benjamin M.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Meredith Hitchcock , co-founder and COO of RideAlong The judging panel recognized the immense benefit this provides to a community, as many officers respond to calls with minimal information — potentially creating dangerous consequences for citizens.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. She was originally a nurse and then she did nonprofit work.

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The 50 Top Startups at SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Read interview Alternates: Clovis Technologies , San Francisco, CA Inflect , San Francisco, CA Kilroy Blockchain , Austin, TX Entertainment and Content 3:30 pm Sunday, March 10 Finalists: Acciyo , Los Angeles, CA Fantag , Sacramento, CA?—? Read interview SkyWeaver , Toronto, Canada?—?