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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

If you are a female entrepreneur, pay extra attention to Grand Rapids, which WalletHub ranks as the second best city to start a business in. Oklahoma City, OK. Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. Lincoln, NE.

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State of Creativity Forum is an Innovation Accelerant

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I’ve been involved* these past two years with a creativity conference in Oklahoma, now called the State of Creativity Forum. Even the governor, Mary Fallin, was there to support the notion that creativity and innovation is how Oklahoma moves forward. It’s all taking place November 13th in Oklahoma City.

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Twitter Link Roundup #188 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Richard Branson on Business Lessons From Parenting | Entrepreneur – [link]. Six Whopping Lies Told About Entrepreneurs … Sometimes By Entrepreneurs Themselves | Forbes – [link]. Oklahoma Surgery Center makes surgery pricing transparent to customers – [link]. Startup Investing Trends – [link].

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The Best Places to Start a Business in 2015

Up and Running

Here are some the places that entrepreneurs world over, might do well to start a business in, in 2015. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The state flag of Oklahoma combines symbolism from the Native American Osage and Choctaw peoples, prominent in the area. is seventh in the world for best places to start a business.

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If You Can’t Explain What You Do In A Paragraph, You’ve Got A Problem

Feld Thoughts

Here’s an email exchange that I had in the past 24 hours with an entrepreneur. Entrepreneur: I just wanted to touch base with you and see if you are taking on new startups right now. Everyone else to bcc: Entrepreneur: It’s difficult to accurately describe the company, myself, and everything else in a single paragraph.

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An Entrepreneur’s Moving Guide: 10 Best U.S. States To Consider

The Startup Magazine

A successful entrepreneur’s life is full of new opportunities and discoveries, financial growth, and of course, the many challenges of the business world. Of course, if you’re an entrepreneur who’s just started on your journey, dreaming of reaching all of these, you need to put in a lot of work before you can enjoy success.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

There’s a lot of focus these days on teaching entrepreneurs how to do startups right : Validate the market before you build a prototype. The truth is, there are “wrong” mistakes that entrepreneurs can make early in the game, mistakes that will impact a startup’s ability to attract capital investment later on. Conserve cash.