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7 Keys To Using Social Media to Kickstart Your Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Status of the solution.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Status of the solution.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. Business and customer satisfaction data measurements are required, in addition to subjective assessments of team progress, tradeoffs, and investment decisions.

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How Smart Startups Survive Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Status of the solution.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. During the recession of 2001 – 2003 we also sold a substantial number of licenses of GoToAssist , our enterprise-based customer support solution, by demonstrating to our customers a clear return on their investment. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Timing your startup - Chris Dixon , November 7, 2010 I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have been a huge mistake). It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can't find anyone to invest in them. Keep going.