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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

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The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. We knew there’s a better personal training experience to be had, so we set out to create one. We just found this hole in the fitness industry.

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8 Reasons To Forge Ahead Now With Your Next Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago. Technology trains leave the station at regular intervals. Make them an offer. Technology progresses.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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Solving for Banner Blindness. Solve Media.

Both Sides of the Table

In the early days of the Internet as an advertising medium the industry organized to create “standard ad units&# for which most media companies would sell their inventory. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. You prefer free AND no advertising. I know, I know.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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8 Pragmatic Reasons Not To Wait For The Next Bubble

Startup Professionals Musings

Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago. Technology trains leave the station at regular intervals. Make them an offer. Technology progresses.

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