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National Move to Local Investing

by Steve Lange on September 29, 2009

Since start-up funding and growth financing for small- and medium-sized businesses has been in such short supply these past couple years, I thought posting about this CNNMoney.com / Fortune Small Business article on finding novel local investment would be a welcome change. The article, originally published earlier in September, is about owners of several types [...]

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New Business vs. Displacement

by Tim Berry on December 3, 2008

Startups can be so incredibly different, one from the other, but unfortunately we talk about them as if they’re all just startups. It’s night and day, or apples and oranges. One person sets up a blog or a web page offering services, such as graphics, consulting or planning, and the business is born, voila! Another person gets [...]

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