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Memphis-based Start Co. To Present 16 Startups At Demo Day

YoungUpstarts

Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit venture development organization Start Co. “I’m looking forward to seeing this cohort of early stage entrepreneurs take the stage at the Orpheum Theater to showcase their work and share their experiences from the Summer of Acceleration with the community,” shared Mathews.

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“One Thing You Wish People Better Understood About Venture Capital” – Part II, featuring Victor Echevarria, Chris Neumann, Micah Rosenbloom, Alex von Tobel and Roseanne Wincek.

Hunter Walker

investors don’t care who else is in the round In fact, the experience of founders in Manchester, Montreal and Memphis are far more alike than they are different (at least, according to the numbers). I gave this advice to a couple entrepreneurs once that were killing themselves trying to find away to keep their company from going to zero.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Coming up with a business name can be one of the most challenging tasks that an entrepreneur will ever face. I’ll be honest, when I’m naming a business or a blog (I’m a bit of a serial entrepreneur), I always turn to a process I call ‘drunken brainstorming.’ Thanks to Corey Schwartz, Loanatik ! #5- Photo Credit: Richard Taylor.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Favorite Songs to Get Them Motivated

Hearpreneur

We knew that entrepreneurs have the best playlists and we decided to ask them their favourite tracks. #1-My That’s why, as a female entrepreneur, I dip into my playlist of women empowerment and crank up Stronger from Kelly Clarkson. It is an inspiring song, especially for young women entrepreneurs. 1-My Heroine.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Plantible Foods

Austin Startup

Tony Martens , Co-Founder at Plantible Foods, talked about what he thinks overhyped might mean, why he admires the CEO of Memphis Meats, and why he’d worry about loneliness on Mars. I don’t believe in overhyped technologies, entrepreneurs have dreams and are believers in their own ideas, however sometimes it doesn’t work out for them.

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Gaurav Dhillon 2.0 and His All New Integration Company

Ben's Blog

Gaurav Dhillon was one of the great enterprise entrepreneurs of the ‘90s and early 2000s. Ordinarily, we would automatically disqualify an entrepreneur with such a massive financial success from funding, so when he came into pitch us on his new company SnapLogic I was skeptical. Informatica is currently worth over $4B.

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BUZZ Doesn’t Equal BUY: Three Factors To Look For When Seeking Stocks With Long-Term Value

YoungUpstarts

One of those real-world examples is FedEx, the Memphis-based delivery company. When I visited Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx, at his Memphis headquarters, he said strategy was his company’s top priority. Karlgaard hails FedEx for being strong on all three sides of his triangle of lasting success.

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