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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

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ShareVolution As for the pitches today, first, Daniel McPherson from Australia pitched ShareVolution , an app store for the Microsoft SharePoint community. Green Earth Aerogels At age 16, kids have very different career counseling needs than they do at 18 kids. partners to help bring his product to market. Discuss.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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David is also struggling with the notion of his community taking the transactions offline. Well, eLance has experienced similar problems, and I asked David to concentrate on communicating to his user base of service providers the value of building a reputation through references and reviews/customer feedback.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Here in the U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. “Our Maryland was the first U.S.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

Both Sides of the Table

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. Many “tech companies” now have green screens. In Massachusetts companies (and VCs) have migrated from out by Waltham to Back Bay (Boston) or Cambridge. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. And make-up artists. And sound engineers.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

One company in Watertown, Massachusetts has been executing on this vision for over a decade with a winning approach for one vertical slice of the small business market: physicians. I have found it pretty amazing that so few people in the tech community know their story or understand the scale and scope of what they have achieved.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

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Besides the financial benefits that sharing space provides, coworking offers access to networking and communities that can be invaluable to any new or growing business. No matter which location you choose, you’ll find beautiful offices and vibrant coworking communities. The advantages to coworking are numerous. Canalport Ave.

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11 Brilliant Businesswomen Who Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

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During 1810 alone, the new method brought in more than $500,000 in sales in Massachusetts, or the equivalent of $4.7 Hetty Green. Hetty Green was nicknamed “The Witch of Wall Street,” largely because of her dour taste in fashion but also because she possessed a certain sort of magic when it came to investments.