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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

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They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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TZ Startup Hot Seat | Mark O’Sullivan Founder and CEO of Vanilla Forums

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Recent studies have shown that even with the advent of things like Twitter & Facebook, forum growth has not been affected in the slightest. How did your company get its initial funding? We were a TechStars 2009 company, and we have raised 1M since “graduating&# the program. Every company shifts focus.

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Proven | Founder Interview with Pablo Fuentes. Job Markets, & The Future of Mobile

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Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. Hearing that your company almost died. I had to lay off 60% of the company in one day.

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