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Old 10-13-2009, 05:54 PM
 
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Best Places to Launch a Small Business 2009 - Top Large Places - FORTUNE Small Business

Some highlights from the Pittsburgh writeup:

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Greater Pittsburgh is home to a workforce with hard-won manufacturing skills from the city's steelmaking past. . . . The region combines that talent pool with a mix of highly educated students from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University and Duquesne University. . . . Locals cite the city's culture as one of its biggest selling points: There are tight-knit neighborhoods, many built around eastern European communities that prize a strong work ethic.

Most of the city's small businesses are family-owned concerns that have morphed to serve new markets. Resources like the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence help both startups and generations-old companies get the skills they need. Pittsburgh's location on major North-South and East-West interstates connects companies with distant markets and suppliers.
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Old 10-13-2009, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Hell with the lid off, baby!
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You beat me to the punch!
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Old 10-13-2009, 06:08 PM
 
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B-bbbbut...th-the taxes! And the d---ddd--decay...I don't believe it. I WON'T believe it.

Nobody beat ME to the punch! Bring on the naysayers.
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Old 10-13-2009, 06:16 PM
 
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Interestingly the Fortune writeup also noted the taxation issue, the City's pension problem, and the fact that people drawn to the universities often leave after graduation. But obviously they thought those factors were outweighed by the positives.
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Old 10-13-2009, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Hell with the lid off, baby!
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I already tried the b...bbbbut trick on another recent post, the naysayers still came out in force.
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