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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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You can usually find 2-3 investors per location but it’s not uncommon to see VCs in: Boston, NY, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. It goes without saying that the shortening in time also was due to performance.

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How to Start A New Business in Less Than 50 Hours

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The idea is to bring together a group of people, many of whom have never set eyes on each other before, to form new ventures, many of which are tech-related. I signed up for this past weekend in St. The groups met in the Railway Exchange building in downtown St. That is where I come in.

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5 Steps For Organizing Your Paperless Office

YoungUpstarts

Sometimes outsourcing the project is more feasible due to time constraints and need for a higher-quality end product. This uses technology to “read” the text on the page and make it searchable. Cyber security and backups for your network will help keep all of your hard work from being lost due to a cyber attack or other disaster.

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Top Considerations When Selecting A Cloud Backup Provider

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by Amy Anderson, principal owner at Anderson Technologies. Clutch , a B2B research firm, recently surveyed 304 SMBs who use cloud-based, online backup solutions to determine how businesses use the technology and what they think about it. Amy Anderson is a principal owner at Anderson Technologies, a St.

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

Up and Running

Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. If you are interested in founding a traditional startup business but aren’t interested in moving to Silicon Valley, you might want to check out St. Louis’ popularity.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

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ShopClues (2x WashU St. MBA founders without strong engineering backgrounds are more likely to found companies that require less technical expertise. India: ShopClues (Washington University St. Louis), Quikr (IIM Calcutta). and in more technical areas, such as hardware and energy. Oscar (2x HBS). GrabTaxi (2x HBS).