Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

This is the mysterious and dreaded due diligence process, which can kill the whole deal. Some entrepreneurs do very little to prepare for due diligence, assuming all the talking has already been done, and the business plan and results to-date tell the right story. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

With the advent of social media and the pervasive move to smartphones, even customers who still prefer to purchase in brick-and-mortar stores have dramatically changed their shopping habits. If you refuse to play by their rules, they have the power to easily find alternatives, and actively pull other potential customers away.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

Why are the world’s biggest Internet companies investing in a technology created in the late 1800’s? The results were recently published in the 2015 Call Intelligence Index. Non-mobile, online channels, such as desktop search, display ads and review sites drive 30% of calls. 140 Years Old And Still Kicking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2015

The best startup founders are ready and able to roll up their sleeves and jump into any issue and contribute, whether it's business related or technical, no matter how much expertise team members may possess. Did you know that both Facebook and YouTube started out as dating sites? Do you fit that mold?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Thus founders seeking funding for a good cause or a new technology often seize on grants from universities, government agencies and philanthropic organizations as free money to solve their problems. They can find additional grants from large philanthropic directories, and your favorite alma mater site. Technology is not enough.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

In 2015 an additional 237 thousand joined the online community. As online viewership and behaviors grew in 2015 – the average U.S. In 2015, issues of online security and data privacy consumed headlines. wireless carriers will begin to treat enterprise customers differently. Data Security Concerns Dominate.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. Petersburg, Phuket, Marrakesh — those kinds of places,” said Logar, a senior lecturer in mathematics and computer science at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD Mines), in Rapid City. Burgess agrees.

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