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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

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Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Line up a winning team.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films.

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6 Reasons Earned Social Engagement Surpasses Paid Ads

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Where are the young social media users going? TikTok is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

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Where are the young social media users going? By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. That won’t build any competitive advantage.

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6 Ways The Business Social Media Players Are Changing

Startup Professionals Musings

Where are the young social media users going? Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Even Sequoia.

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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

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Those included things like downloadable content, and analytics, and things like sharing games with friends, which we were doing in the old days, but which are much easier now with social networks. We're working on bringing our back catalog to the free-to-play model as much as possible, which is one of our strategies for growth in 2013.