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7 Strategies For A Low Entry-Cost Sustainable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. Use social media to actively engage with your customers. Customers today are looking for relationships, not just transactions.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. Maintains a “Trusted Directory” of TRUSTe certified companies.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

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“In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. And for many companies a good deal of their business is still closed over the phone–through their call centers. And then there’s the bigger issue, which is that companies like this want more calls. But consumers don’t always want to buy that way.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies. Some will pay off, others will not.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. What does that mean?

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