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Identifying Pain in the First Step in a Sales Process – Here’s How

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Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Too many sales reps walk into customer meetings with their pre-canned sales decks and proudly squawk through 30 of their favorite slides without engaging the customer in a discussion.

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Intro to the LA Startup Scene

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The first “Intro to the LA Startup Community” back in October 2012 was taught by Sam Teller , Managing Director of Launchpad , a four-month accelerator program started by venture capitalist Mark Suster. If you are interested in obtaining the slide decks from the past “Intro to the LA Startup Community” events, you can do so here.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012. An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch.

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YouTube Introduces its Own App for iPhone and iPod touch | Google Adds Editing to the iOS Drive App

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In Quarter 2 of 2012, Google ad revenues were $10.96 The presentations have speaker notes, full-screen mode and can be swiped between slides. More than 20% of global YouTube views come from mobile devices, 3 hours of video is uploaded per minute to YouTube from mobile devices.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

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After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Deep-dive meeting. Ramen-profitable.

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American Immigration: The Invisible Wall to Innovation

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Slide taken from MorganLewis Immigration presentation. Even the L-A visa created for managers, executives, and specialty talent require an entity abroad that must be held during the entire duration of your visa (up to 7 years) in which, the applicant must have worked at for at east one-year prior. Requires an employer.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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RingRevenue grew it’s revenue 3x 2010 over 2011 and is on track to grow more than 3x again in 2012 with no signs of slowing. Here are some data provided by a BIA / Kelsey report (2012). We have ridden the mobile wave. So having a software filter in front of the calls is key to making them cost effective.

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