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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. I also know many people who never studied business as an undergrad who appreciated the knowledge that they gained as an MBA. It’s either part of the DNA or it’s not.

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Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market

Tech Zulu Event

Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. An IDC study commissioned on behalf of Microsoft has shown that cloud computing will be responsible for creating nearly 14 million new jobs between 2011 and 2015.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Tech Zulu Event

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. Now study the event organizer. What are their interests? What have they written about? How can you relate to them?

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

If you have the proper mechanisms to accurately calculate your Cost Per Customer / Lifetime Value Equation, you will happily purchase as many customers from affiliates as your cash flow constraints will allow, as long as the average acquisition price is less than the customers’ average lifetime value.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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