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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. Here are seven ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Get concept feedback early.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. How did it help you? Tell me a bit about your background. It sounds interesting.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Many of the investors and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their business is not e-commerce. Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. Search engine marketing (SEM). Streaming video.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising. Both are wrong.

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7 Strategies For A Low Entry-Cost Sustainable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some key ones that I recommend, based on my experience in business, and my many years as an advisor to entrepreneurs: Choose a name that works across the Internet and the world. Having a website won’t help if customers can’t find it. Delighted customers are your best advocates, bringing in more customers than any advertising.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. Here are six ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Get concept feedback early. Tune your website.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Search engine marketing (SEM).

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