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SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Tech Zulu Event

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film. Scaling thru Outsourcing. Its that time again! Man vs Algorithm: Online Video Curation Face-Off (Tubefilter, Google). Moral Psychology and Big Data Singularity.

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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Pre-order crowd funding. Rewards-based crowd funding. Ideas crowd sourcing.

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. despite having been passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability, waiting for the rules to be finalized by the SEC.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

Tech Zulu Event

We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. In 2012 Miigle was just in its beginning stages. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today? Miigle has also grown in the number of employees since our 2012 interview. Yes that has changed.

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Learn the Laws of the Jungle for Business Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit).

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