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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need experienced partners and vendors, the best professors and entrepreneurship staff will have the contacts you need in the local business community. For example, I live near the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Connections to a mentor.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane.

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Startups Need to Leverage Their Local Universities

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need experienced partners and vendors, the best professors and entrepreneurship staff will have the contacts you need in the local business community. For example, I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Connections to a mentor.

Arizona 239
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7 Paybacks an Alma Mater Can Offer an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need experienced partners and vendors, the best professors and entrepreneurship staff will have the contacts you need in the local business community. For example, I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Connections to a mentor.

Arizona 231
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Finding New Customers In Untapped Places

Duct Tape Marketing

Pam is an author, community builder, consultant, and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. In this episode, I sat down with author and community builder, Pamela Slim, to discuss key concepts from her new book – The Widest Net. She's here in Phoenix. This is John Jantsch.

Customer 101
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The #1 Mistake Investors Make (And What To Do About It)

Growthink Blog

angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Most are centered in the main entrepreneurial hubs - Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Austin, Phoenix, Salt Lake - among other locales, and generally involve groups of individual investors coming together to review and diligence deals in a group review format.