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Preventing Stupid: 3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask

YoungUpstarts

In western Oklahoma there are many companies depending on oil production for their livelihood. Failure due to ignorance regarding your business can strike either the management side or the operations side of a business. Catastrophes are the natural and man-made disasters that originate outside your business and hinder your goals.

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

Up and Running

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. Furthermore, Oklahoma City is one of the fastest growing U.S. Furthermore, Oklahoma City is one of the fastest growing U.S. 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

MIT Technology Review – [link]. Why Microsoft’s Reorganization Is Not About Technology | by Gene Marks, Forbes – [link]. Increase Your Team’s Curiosity | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Can you Crowdsource Your Employee Reviews? Do Things that Don’t Scale – [link].

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Web Design/Tech Services. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. Loading… Business. » More. » More.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

The Atlantic Council’s report titled ‘ Keeping America’s Innovative Edge ’ outlined the challenges for what they termed ‘inland tech hubs’ in gaining access to capital compared to the coastal tech hub areas. Altounian has over 30 years of experience in the technology sector with roles at Dell, Motorola, Compaq and Ashton-Tate.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

Technical Expenses A few of these apply only to companies that build software, but most apply across the board. at 3:35 pm @Seb G You point reminds me of something a friend had said when he was talking about his brother who is an attorney that specializes in tech ip. Retirement - Save for a rainy day. 24 Greg on 01.08.09