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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com. Is it inventory risk that Statisco manages well?

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to Gwen Montoya, The MOB Nation !

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. Another good resource is Appolicious’ directory.

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3 Trends Entrepreneurs Should Track

YoungUpstarts

The green, sustainable, organic movement has gone mainstream and people everywhere — not just in Portland — are looking to grow their own produce. Indoor vertical farming. What to watch for next? That’s right, we’re running out of farming space, and innovative agricultural trailblazers are building up.

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Nike Accelerator – Powered By TechStars

Feld Thoughts

Several years ago David Cohen , Jason Mendelson , and I started talking about the idea that the same principles of an accelerator model could apply to specific vertical markets or companies. Based in Portland, the program is just a short drive away from Nike World Headquarters.

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TechStars Chicago Applications Are Now Open

Feld Thoughts

And our vertical and powered by programs – Cloud (in San Antonio with Rackspace), Microsoft Accelerator (in Seattle with Microsoft) and Nike Accelerator (in Portland with Nike) were also started from scratch.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Ascenders and are the vertical strokes which rise above the body of a character or x-height. Serifs are used to guide the horizontal “flow” of the eyes; The lack of serifs is said to contribute to a vertical stress in sans serifs, which is supposed to compete with the horizontal flow of reading ( De Lange et al.,