Eighty years after Dorothy ran away from her aunt and uncle's Kansas farm in the Wizard of Oz, people are leaving the state in droves.

For the fifth straight year, more people have left the state than moved in, according to the 2018 National Movers Study from Untied Van Lines.

Kansas ranked #5 out of the top 10 states that have seen the most outbound migration in the past year. The biggest reason people cited for their move from Kansas was for a job (63.82%).

Data and analytics, combined with a personalized approach to performance management, are helping sales execs inculcate best practices and significantly improve growth.

Despite years of championing transformation initiatives, too many sales organizations still struggle with lackluster performance. Big investments in training, sales technology, and sales and marketing support have delivered negligible returns. Sales leaders have become frustrated.

Innovation Guelph’s need for more space was addressed as many gathered to celebrate their move to the new facility.

The Royal City’s innovation centre held the grand opening of its larger space on Southgate Drive Friday.

The centre provides a network of business and support to start ups looking to grow.

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At the start of the first-ever Chicago Biomedical Innovation Alliance (CBIA) workshop, Adam Glaser, the planning and strategies leader at architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, asked a simple question: Will collaboration work?

Looking at the audience — which included representatives from more than 50 organizations and 14 sponsors — it was clear that collaboration not only will work, but it also will play an integral role in the development and success of Chicago’s first biomedical innovation districts.

Whether you’re starting a business, relocating one, or just moving to live and work, there are endless reasons for why Maryland is the top state to relocate to. The BioHealth Capital Region continues to climb the GEN’s annual ranking of the nation’s top biopharma clusters, and was ranked fourth in 2018. There are many factors that make Maryland a great place to headquarter your BioHealth company. Biotech and life science companies are high-risk high expense ventures, and the location of your company is key to its success.

While some cities still struggle to build safe bike lanes, others are creating infrastructure like a multi-level bike parking garage and an aerial path that connects to transit stations. The Bicycle Architecture Biennale, opening in Amsterdam on Monday, highlights 15 of the most interesting projects. “By showcasing the most dynamic, visual solutions, the BAB inspires a new way of thinking about what cities of the future should look like,” says Adam Stones, strategy director of Bycs, an organization aiming to move 50% of urban trips to bikes by 2030. “And by showing what is possible, it will lead to many more creative solutions being implemented.”

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When I was 7 years old, my father resigned from his job as a college professor. It was a critical moment in his career and created real financial risk for his young family. But he felt that he was being asked to violate his principles–and nothing was more important to him than a strong moral code.

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. Or does it? Actually numbers and locations are just the beginning. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Here are some basic principles:

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IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO simply become an accredited investor; you've got to know how to go about researching and accepting the private placement offerings that are now available to you.

Private placement offerings are investments not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that are provided by specific companies, and they are usually higher risk with higher rewards, says Jared Weitz, CEO and founder of United Capital Source in Great Neck, New York. That's because such offerings do not have to comply with the same regulations and disclosures as SEC-registered investments, adds David John Marotta, president of Marotta Wealth Management in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Launching a business in the United States as an immigrant entrepreneur might seem like a daunting task.

After all, the challenges are numerous and include obtaining a work visa, navigating language barriers, establishing a business network and assimilating into a new culture. Add to this the financial pressures involved with seeing a worthwhile return on investment and one must ask: Why would anyone embark on such a risky endeavor?

California almond farmers who depend on commercial bee hives to pollinate their lucrative crops would benefit from increased efforts to protect essential bee foraging territory in northern prairie states, according a University of California, Berkeley, researcher.

A new paper, published this week in the journal Land Use Policy, shows that a government program that pays farmers to let marginal farmland go fallow has protected a critical bee refuge that supports 40 percent of the country’s commercially managed honeybees.

A small island, three miles off the coast of Ireland, has been making efforts to attract new residents, touting its newly established internet connectivity as a draw for remote workers.

Just a ferry-ride away from the village of Burtonport in northwest Ireland sits Arranmore Island—an island known for its history, fishing culture, beautiful landscapes, and now, its high-speed internet.

We analyzed the terms of 185 venture financings closed in the first quarter of 2019 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. We found that valuation results continued to be strong, with the average price increase in Q1 slightly lower than in the prior quarter, though still substantially higher than the historical average. The internet/digital media software industry recorded the strongest valuation results...

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Does America need venture capital to achieve high rates of economic growth? How can budding start-ups get it? And what do the big tech firms of the future look like to investors today? On this episode, Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor discusses his new book “Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It.”

Before there was a Silicon Valley, there was New Jersey.

Home to places like Bell Labs, Sarnoff Labs and the pharmaceutical companies that made this the Medicine Chest of the World, the discoveries made in New Jersey lead to the products and companies that powered the American Century.

But in recent decades, New Jersey has lost some of its competitive edge. As a result, from 2007-2017, despite extraordinary investment in tax credits, New Jersey ranked 42nd in job creation and 49th in wage growth. It’s time for a fresh approach to encouraging economic growth in the Garden State.

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Customer experience and employee experience are now two of the driving forces of business. Independently, each function leads to valuable relationships — with customers and employees — but when CX and EX are managed together, they create a unique, sustainable competitive advantage. Companies should consider integrating the two disciplines and installing a Chief Experience Officer to lead the combined effort across the entire organization.

On May 31, 2019, Northern Ontario Angels announced that it was named the #1 Angel Organization in North America. This announcement came from the 2018 Angel Funders Report conducted by the Angel Capital Association (ACA), of which NOA is a standing member. The collecting data of the Angel Funders Report was from 68 angel groups across the United States and Canada.

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Why do you want to build a mobile app? Do you want to ride the wave of other entrepreneurs, or did you come across a problem that you feel you can resolve? The answer to this question will determine whether your app will be successful or not.

Here is a guide to get you started, but note it may not work for everyone. This is drawn from my experience working for more than three years with entrepreneurs, helping them build and market their mobile apps. Take from it what suits your strategy best, or follow it to the hilt. The important part is to get started.

After launching a little over a decade ago, it didn’t take long for Kickstarter to become more than a place for amateur inventors to sell their ideas to the public. It soon became fraught with failures, scams, and over-promises of countless products’ capabilities and worth. To help improve the reputation of the site, Kickstarter has released a list of new guidelines, recommendations, and enforced rules when it comes to promoting a crowdfunded item.

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Elon Musk gets a lot done.

The 47-year-old entrepreneur and CEO is revolutionizing the spaceflight industry with SpaceX, transforming the world of the electric car at Tesla, and pushing neuroscience and transportation forward at Neuralink and the Boring Company.

The billionaire expects similar standards from his employees, and an email Musk sent to Tesla employees last year, as well as other reports, provide a window on the rules he likes his people to observe in the workplace.