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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Growth Barriers Most Startups Don’t See Coming

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Interview with Navid Nobakht, Recmnd.Me

socalTECH

We caught up with Navid --one of a number of executives to have recently departed Buy.com after its acquisition a couple of years ago by Rakuten--to hear more about his new startup. Describe what Recmnd.me is all about? Navid Nobakht: We are building an online recommendation system that focuses on social recruiting.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling. . How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce.

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