{"id":5459,"date":"2017-01-28T08:26:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/blog\/equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-4-qualities-that-make-for-a-great-startup-city-more-01282017\/"},"modified":"2017-01-28T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T13:26:57","slug":"equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-4-qualities-that-make-for-a-great-startup-city-more-01282017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/blog\/equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-4-qualities-that-make-for-a-great-startup-city-more-01282017\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More 4 Qualities That Make for a Great Startup City + MORE 01\/28\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bb_header_text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/Header_images\/equipment-leasing-large.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/PxmSau2B1Uo\/286209\" title=\"Entering a Small Business Funding Contest\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entering a Small Business Funding Contest<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Smart advice from experts about entering and winning a contest to fund your startup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/PxmSau2B1Uo\/286209\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/glGhUTVjcTY\/288006\" title=\"4 Qualities That Make for a Great Startup City\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Qualities That Make for a Great Startup City<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">All across America there are cities eager for the energy that entrepreneurs have in abundance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/glGhUTVjcTY\/288006\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/merck-reveals-details-on-u-s-drug-pricing-practices-1485518403?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Merck Gives Details on U.S. Drug-Pricing Practices\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merck Gives Details on U.S. Drug-Pricing Practices<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">The average list-price increase across Merck\u2019s brand-name drugs and vaccines ranged from 7.4% in 2010 to a peak of 10.5% in 2014, although the company did offer discounts.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/merck-reveals-details-on-u-s-drug-pricing-practices-1485518403?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tax-report-some-rare-good-news-for-small-businesses-paying-employee-health-costs-1485527402?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Some Rare Good News for Small Businesses Paying Health Benefits\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Some Rare Good News for Small Businesses Paying Health Benefits<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Small businesses\u00a0can once again use pretax\u00a0funds to reimburse workers for health-care costs, especially premiums for individual and family coverage.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tax-report-some-rare-good-news-for-small-businesses-paying-employee-health-costs-1485527402?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trumps-big-gamble-luring-countries-into-one-on-one-trade-deals-1485483628?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Gamble: Luring Countries Into Trade Deals\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#039;s Gamble: Luring Countries Into Trade Deals<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; 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http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">How you sell yourself is different than how you market yourself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/KU4WYw_49FU\/284271\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/-4L738sz7qg\/288183\" title=\"The Number 1 Mistake Most Founders Make\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Number 1 Mistake Most Founders Make<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">You better be right if you are so confident your idea is perfect that you don&#8217;t ask intended customers what they think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/-4L738sz7qg\/288183\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/big-chinese-deals-stall-on-capital-outflows-clampdown-1485563072?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Big China Deals Stall on Capital Clampdown\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big China Deals Stall on Capital Clampdown<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">The pace of big Chinese takeovers abroad is slowing as buyers contend with rules tightening the flow of money out of the country and increased government scrutiny at home and overseas.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/big-chinese-deals-stall-on-capital-outflows-clampdown-1485563072?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/KD_rGL0F5X0\/288270\" title=\"For Those Women Looking to Get Into the C-Suite, This Unlikely Industry Is for You\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">For Those Women Looking to Get Into the C-Suite, This Unlikely Industry Is for You<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Females are the winners of this $8 billion growing industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/KD_rGL0F5X0\/288270\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-defense-industry-is-dealing-with-trump-1485539032?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"How the Defense Industry Is Dealing With Trump\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">How the Defense Industry Is Dealing With Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Executives are realizing that President Trump\u2019s personal interest in defense projects is changing the rules of engagement.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-defense-industry-is-dealing-with-trump-1485539032?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/obstacles-remain-in-talks-to-settlewal-mart-bribery-probe-1485546521?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Obstacles Remain in Talks to Settle Wal-Mart Bribery Probe\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obstacles Remain in Talks to Settle Wal-Mart Bribery Probe<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; 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http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Xi Jinping went to Davos this month to praise globalization, while Donald Trump arrived in Washington to bury it. Yet the superficial contrast between their speeches is deceptive, Greg Ip writes.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/on-globalization-china-and-the-u-s-are-closer-than-they-appear-1485531032?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nestle-seeks-to-sweeten-nesquik-sales-by-cutting-back-on-sugar-1485513004?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Nesquik Cuts Back on Sugar, Hoping to Sweeten Sales\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nesquik Cuts Back on Sugar, Hoping to Sweeten Sales<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">The Nesquik bunny is slimming down, and so is the chocolate drink whose package it has adorned for decades, as Nestl\u00e9 works to turn around lackluster revenue growth.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nestle-seeks-to-sweeten-nesquik-sales-by-cutting-back-on-sugar-1485513004?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/naftas-overall-u-s-impact-is-modest-1485469689?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Nafta&#039;s Impact on U.S. Has Been Mixed\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nafta&#039;s Impact on U.S. Has Been Mixed<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">For all of the passionate political debate sparked by the North American Free Trade Agreement, most economists have concluded that the concrete impact on the U.S. economy has been modest\u2014a small gain in growth and efficiency, and a small loss in jobs and wages for certain factory workers.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/naftas-overall-u-s-impact-is-modest-1485469689?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb_footer_text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/Header_images\/leasing-agreement.png\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entering a Small Business Funding Contest &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ Smart advice from experts about entering and winning a contest to fund your startup. 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