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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. PHONE CALLS.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. The world’s best brains are on sale.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

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In the original version of his post, Andy writes. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls. They see how hard she does her job. That’s normal.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? Obviously if you’re in a customer support role, a sales role or a customer service industry this can be impossible. If not now, then when? Where I’m more disciplined is on Twitter.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Dec 26, 2009). Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Smart people who can solve other people’s problems very easily but they can’t solve their own problems.

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