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eddi | Security in Community Based E-Commerce

Tech Zulu Event

Craigslist and other listing sites leaves millions of buyers to find all kinds of goods and services. Like a virtual yard sale and a bulletin board combined, listing sites can connect everyone within a vicinity for a specific deal. It’s really aiming to go after the community-based e-commerce platform. I wanted it to evolve.

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TouchCommerce Plans Hiring, Growth In Agoura

socalTECH

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company explained it moved to the new building due to a rapidly growing workforce.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. They have the unique mix of deep apparel and commerce expertise, empathy for the customer and need set through the businesses they have run, speed, and product-first mindset.

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7 Keys To Making Many Millions In A Business You Love

Startup Professionals Musings

Nice to have” sites like Facebook and Twitter look attractive, but they are much higher risk, and a thousand fail for every one that succeeds. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Position yourself as an expert. Automate to the max.

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Interview with Jody Sherman, CEO of EcoMom

socalTECH

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. How long has the site been around? In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

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9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Customer feedback, including blog comments, usability reviews, and early user testimonials, build relationships and provide credible marketing to the broader customer community. Collaborate with customers to tune your solution.