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Paying It Forward: Experienced CEOs Are Bringing Their Talents Back to Startups

Startups need more than just investment. They also need experience. Experience in their markets. Experience growing and leading a team. Experience developing and marketing a product. But, that is often the one thing that most founders lack. They’re new, they’re just starting out, they’re learning as they go.

Forget Cryptocurrencies. The Real Opportunities are in Entrepreneurship

It seems like everyone is pitching a new cryptocurrency “investment” these days. Telegram raised more than $1.5 billion in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) this year, and startups like Dragon, Filecoin and Tezos have all raised 9-figure sums this way. Even as prices of... Read more

What the ‘Rise of the Rest’ Is Still Missing

The headline of a recent post on Recode says it all: “A whopping 80% of all venture capital investment goes to just three states. That has to change.” Those three states would be California, New York and Massachusetts. The entirety of the Midwest — all 12 states... Read more

Peter Thiel Is Bullish on the Midwest. So Are We

Peter Thiel is one of the savviest investors of our time. His $2.5 billion net worth is proof of that. So when Thiel says the next big innovations will be born in the American Midwest, it’s probably a safe bet that he’s onto something — especially since he is planning to put his money where his mouth is.

Are Retiring Boomers to Blame for Slow Economic Growth?

The U.S. economy grew at roughly 2.5% last year, below the 3% benchmark that policymakers have targeted going forward, indicating a general economic slowdown that might be difficult to reverse. Are retiring Baby Boomers to blame?

Here Is the Big Advantage That St. Louis Has for Healthcare Entrepreneurs

So, one of the really cool things about my office at iSelect and the entrepreneurs that we work with is that I can look out my window and I can see the laboratory where the Human Genome Project was conducted. People don’t understand how much economic opportunity... Read more