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Scopely Scores $340M Funding Round

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Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely announced this morning that it has raised a huge, $340M Series E funding round. Scopely said the new funding will go towards supporting its M&A strategy as well as expansion into new product categories. READ MORE>>.

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10 Strategies Of Professionals Who Love What They Do

Startup Professionals Musings

My challenge has always been how to get people from the second category into the first. I always thought that I must be lucky to have found so much excitement and satisfaction from my work, so I never had any really good answers to those of you who second category who wanted to move to the first.

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10 Keys That You May Not Be Happy As An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs have a great sense of urgency to develop their ideas now. Successful entrepreneurs love to tackle complex situations that span the spectrum from planning, making strategic decisions, and working on multiple operational crises simultaneously. Inactivity makes them impatient, tense, and uneasy. That’s not my job.”

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8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. Solution may require new category development time. If you go this route, make sure your solution is strategic. Your rollout plan needs to factor in these requirements.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

Specific measures that go beyond the traditional linear thinking include the following: Develop new products for your existing segment. Rather than enhancing the offering you have, develop and offer new products that capitalize on the customers that you already know well. Redefine your product to reach a new category.

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6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some guidelines that will help you with the right answers, not only in closing your next investment, but in planning when and how much money to ask for: Investors are most interested in helping you scale the business. They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development.

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6 Keys To Successfully Addressing Investor Questions

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some guidelines that will help you with the right answers, not only in closing your next investment, but in planning when and how much money to ask for: Investors are most interested in helping you scale the business. They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development.

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