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by vnchr 15y ago
This article was published yesterday, before Senate deliberations started. I watched the progress on C-Span all day today. Republicans were for it in word, Reid wanted more restrictions (opposite of article). My analysis suggests strong bip
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by vnchr 15y ago
:)
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Here's the full length version of the Act that passed today in the House. It was submitted on Feb. 26th. http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20120305/CPRT-112-HPRT-R...
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by vnchr 15y ago
Risk management definitely needs to be a primary consideration for this to scale without exploding.
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The most recent House version that came up for vote on Feb 26th is using changes that came as feedback from the setup (basically). Of course the Senate will agree with their own suggestions and Obama's got everthing to gain for supporting a
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by vnchr 15y ago
It will if/when this passes. It's not passed yet, article is wrong. But it should if you know the nuances (working on a blog post now). Basically, you'll be able to invest up to 10% of your income or up to $10k, whichever is less. Startups
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by vnchr 15y ago
Absolutely. The House and Senate are agreeing on the major terms of the law, basically working from the same version. The House passed the Senate's suggestions. The Senate will agree with their own wording, so this should pass. Everybody's
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Arch Grants Raises $2.5M; Square Co-founder Signs On(techcrunch.com)
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by vnchr 15y ago
Agreed... It is based on the format of a BPC. The guys writing the checks are old school, old money ;) I've talked to them about next year incorporating Lean Methodology. Executive Director is open to it, but for now, they're off and runnin
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Cool. Are you coming to the Pitch Bootcamp next Wednesday? It's not announced yet, but we're also going to host an Executive Summary workshop the Monday before the Arch Grants deadline.
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Hi Tazzy, funny, I moved from NYC to STL about a year ago. I know what you mean. My take has been to mimic the entrepreneur community infrastructure represented by an NYC on a smaller scale here. Building community here has been my biggest
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I think they'll provide some grants to companies in town, but it is primarily (as I understand) meant to attract from outside.
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by vnchr 15y ago
"It's like trying to build a Craigslist for Antarctica" LOL. Chris, you're awesome. Even if you spelled my last name wrong. Your honesty is great. I know some people will consider it worthwhile to start something here in spite of these legi
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Entrepreneur in the city, here. There's stuff going on :P By the way, CITY MUSEUM?? Come, on! But seriously, I wouldn't say there's a ton to attract someone here, but (1) if you're serious about your venture and this capital would make the
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by vnchr 15y ago
There's a growing contingent in the city, too. I know a lot of folks in the Cherokee neighborhood, including the dev group Able Few and across the street in Nebula, the coworking space. That's where I am on the weekend ;) I live downtown, b
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We do have the semblance of a startup community. It's very nacent, but hopefully this attracts more people. Anyone interested in hearing what's going on here, let me know. It's not overwhelming, but there's more than most people realize.
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Yeah, what's key here is that there's more going on then just AG. I'm working with a group to launch a Founder Institute chapter here, for example. And we're working hand-in-hand with AG and a new seed fund that's popped up in the last year
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Yeah, I moved from NYC to STL a year ago. The rent differential was AMAZING :) Suddenly, the basics of life weren't a struggle. Having a community of entrepreneurs around, however, has been a struggle. I started an all night programming gro
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I think that's a totally fair assessment. The people backing it are more of the high level folks, testing out the idea--believe it or not, they've raised enough to do more than 10 grants but this is their test run. I'm sure they'll tweak as
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by vnchr 15y ago
Hi guys, I posted this just to see if there'd be a reaction--and wow, there has been. I do some community organizing in the startup scene (see StartLouis.com) in addition to some work with startup legal, funding and incubating. I'll get the
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Ten $50,000 grants for startups who move to St. Louis(archgrants.org)
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Thank you for your honesty. As an American, this issue deeply concerns me.
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My thanks to Zappos for that email. It was enough for me to give my wife necessary suggestions to secure her associated accounts without alarming her. It is probably worthwhile in these situations to provide basic implication info for layme
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by vnchr 15y ago
Great perspective on how to adjust the message. Seems that a blackout feels drastic enough to match the outrage we expect from these brands whom we identify with. If Tumblr got 87k calls to congress, Google or FB or Twitter should generate
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"SHUT UP AND USE ALL OUR PRODUCTS"
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Oh, that my own childish efforts and crappy web development would develop this much brand awareness, customer education and unpaid publicity!
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Carrier IQ app on milions of Androids track key presses, SMS, location, browsing(youtube.com)
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Cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
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I think there was some confusion. A competing product mentioned in the comments, re.vu, has that option.
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Thanks for clarifying. I can see that better now. Pointing the finger (at a news source or particular story) seems like a poor starting point. What are some new sources you can recommend that focus on startup activity in Detroit? I feel tha

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