Sentences with phrase «cities for starting»

With this in mind, we examined the top 100 metropolitan areas to find the best cities for starting a family.

Check out the 20 best small cities for starting a business in the U.S., based on WalletHub's rankings (the city's rankings in each of the three categories are below, along with a total score on a 100 - point scale):

The opportunity share of new entrepreneurs is the highest among the best cities for starting a small business, but the rate of new entrepreneurs is by far the lowest.

Among the best cities for starting a small business, Los Angeles has the highest cost of living on this list but ties with Miami for the highest rate of new entrepreneurs.

There have been some recent posts and tweets from Fred Wilson, Bill Gurley and others about the first, second and third tier cities for start - ups.

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What does this bankruptcy mean for the city's growing start - up scene?

The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for high - tech small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.

And when that happens, Americans will start utilizing on - demand transportation vastly more than they do today, with huge implications for cities and automakers.

This year marks the 50th anniversary with events being held in Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.. Each city will offer tips, tools and trainings for small businesses to start, succeed and grow.

Japanese port city Fukuoka has been growing its reputation as a start - up hub under the leadership of Mayor Soichiro Takashima and is now the country's designated regulatory sandbox for start - ups.

The expansion plans for Perth's major shopping centres are gaining momentum, with Scentre Group's Westfield Carousel, Westfield Innaloo and Westfield Whitford City likely to be the first to start work, near the end of 2016.

A look at which major U.S. cities are the best for women business owners, and seven tips to help them get started.

Toronto is the eighth - best city in the world for start - ups, according to research firm Startup Genome.

The increasing prominence of the city's start - ups might eventually spell the end of the community's homey vibes, but their rise is only good news for the city as a whole.

Since then, cities both big and small have been working on responding to the company's request for proposals in hopes of jump starting their local economies.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

And that's good enough for Linda Heidinger, owner and founder of New York City's much - loved Alphabets, the tiny retailer that started out 30 years ago in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan.

For example, Schmitz could build a network of talent, starting in Phoenix and then replicating the concept across every tier - two city in the country.

The feedback loop of the city making itself attractive to start - ups and start - ups helping to make the city attractive to talented young people (who in turn create more businesses that attract more young people) is only getting started, but Robinson says he can already see the effects both in terms of the area's legitimacy — «people are saying, «hey, I would actually invest here or I would start my business here» as opposed to 10 years ago where people would avoid the city at all costs» — and quality of life for young people.

In 2011, Heather Payne started Ladies Learning Code, a not - for - profit organization that now operates coding workshops for women and girls in 24 cities across Canada.

Hollender moved back to New York City and started a for - profit version of the business, the New York Network for Learning.

Why it's hot: This Midwestern city is preparing for an influx of innovation when it gets an instant tech infusion from Google Fiber, which will provide free, gigabit internet to 180 neighborhoods starting in October.

The media outlet also said that Barclays had «started scouting the city for office space this month and has been in contact with Irish regulators about expanding its operations,» according to its unnamed sources.

Increasingly, the future solutions for sustainable city living will involve these types of collaborations involving big business, small start ups, academic spin offs and major municipalities.

WeWork, the New York City - based company that provides shared work spaces for entrepreneurs, freelancers and small start - ups, is now attracting Fortune 500 companies.

A practical guide for starting nonprofits: Join SCORE New York City for this practical workshop that lays out the rules, regulations, challenges and strategies for building a nonprofit business.

After the recession, hard - hit entrepreneurs from cities like Detroit and Atlanta started calling for Endeavor to open offices there.

As Reich - Rohrwig realized, the proximity problem vanished when the company started looking for clients in cities where the incumbent elevator contractors couldn't turn to a dominant local supplier.

For ESPN host Tony Reali, the attack hit close to home, as the driver initially started right outside of his New York City apartment where his wife was and finished blocks from his daughter's school.

Maven is really three car - sharing services in one: a city - based service that rents GM vehicles by the hour through an app, another for urban apartment dwellers in Chicago and New York, and a peer - to - peer sharing service that started in Germany last year.

But, he adds that the city has been working hard to become Canada's «premier start - up hub,» through strategic student recruitment from schools like the University of British Columbia, and encouraging mentorship for entrepreneurs.

If we can get all these occupiers who slept in parks for a few months all to start creating cognitive dissidence in their cities and pull off surprise occupations everywhere, then there will be a sort of low - level rumble of discontent that keeps on disrupting business - as - usual.

Crumbs emerged just as the craving for a decadent individual dessert in a bite - sized portion was in vogue and cupcake shops started popping up in major cities across the U.S..

For civic governments trying to stay on top of all of this, it can mean overload: As more and more government departments — many of them already prodigious producers of data — start moving their data to the Internet, cities are faced with the question of what to do with it all.

Buffett, the son of a stockbroker and four - term U.S. Republican Representative, got his start in investment early: at age 11, he bought three shares of Cities Service Preferred (and three for his sister).

Crowned Forbes» Best Big City for Jobs in 2017, Dallas has an incredible base for starting a small business.

Among the best cities to start a small business, Kansas City ranked lowest in startup density, tied for last place with Dallas on the rate of new entrepreneurs and came in second - to - last for opportunity share of new entrepreneurs.

The city's projected job rate is slightly below the national average, which should be considered a red flag for anyone starting a small business.

Cities across the Midwest made the list of best places overall for starting a business, and several ranked high in categories including cheapest office space and lowest labor costs.

Several cities all over the world (such as San Diego, Boston, Dubai and Nice) have started to plan for their new «smart city» reality, but it hasn't been ready for implementation.

Donald Trump Jr.'s comments, at the start of a trip to woo buyers for his luxury residential projects in several Indian cities, appeared aimed at blunting criticism that there could be a possible conflict of interest in pushing the Trump brand name.

RadioShack started looking for other opportunities to throw itself into, but rather than focus on improving itself with the offerings it already had, the company tried out new concepts with new stores to address customers» needs: Computer City to sell computers, Famous Brand Electronics for refurbished electronics, McDuff and Video Concepts for audio and video, Energy Express to sell batteries, and Incredible Universe, which showed a strong resemblance to Best Buy.

Originally a photographer, Burt Shavitz started beekeeping and selling his honey after leaving New York City for upstate in 1970.

There's another interesting company tour, this one of Boxee, the New York City start - up that's developed software for watching online video on your TV.

To get a sense of what it's like starting a socially - conscious startup, we reached out to three founders based at New York City's Center for Social Innovation.

While Mark Zuckerberg focuses on damage control following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, his 14 - year - old social network this week kicked off a 30 - city tour for a digital skills training program starting in St. Louis.

The ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes, who is overseeing the historic case, came more than two months after the start of a hearing to determine whether the 1,165 - page plan was fair to creditors and feasible for the city to implement.

We always talk about how downturns are fertile times for start - ups and small companies and I think the New York City example really proves this.

Visions of the Smart City are starting to materialize as CTO's for major municipalities are coming to understand how Internet of Things products and services can provide cost savings, increase quality of life and promote safety in urban environments.

Gilt was started by two young women, and because they had started something that grew fast and was an exciting touch point for the city of New York, we had many, many young women who were interested in founding companies, or who had started companies, coming through the doors.