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HelloTech: On Demand, In-Home Tech Support Via College Students Near You

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Almost everyone of a technical bent in the technology industry is familiar with that old routine: your parents, your friends, and your neighbors inevitably calls you for free technical support. However, almost no one really wants to be that technical support person. Why in home technical support?

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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

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BuddyHelp was launched in this proto-Internet environment and was immediately used by businesses to provide hands-on technical support. At companies such as SaskTel, Gateway and Cablevision, customer support agents used BuddyHelp to access their customers’ computers and handle their technical support issues.

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Rebranding Should Be Driven By Growth, Not Desperation

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For a growing, successful startup, rebranding can be an effective way to redefine the company''s expansion beyond its initial core market. A prime example of an emerging startup, which has pulled off an effective rebranding effort, is Invoca ( I am an investor through Rincon Venture Partners ). GoToMy Rebranding Campaign.

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Changing The Business Of Media Through Online Video, With Cenk Uygur

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We caught up with Uygur--who has had his own show on Sirius Satellite Radio, hosted MSNBC Live, and currently has his own show on Current TV--to learn more about The Young Turks, his online efforts, and his views on how media is shifting to the Internet. How did online figure into your plans when you started The Young Turks?

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

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. This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad. Pay per click (PPC). Crowdsourcing.

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10 Ways Tech Entrepreneurs Can Make the Most of the Holidays

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1 Get started early. If you’re planning to launch the latest version of a device, for example, make sure you’ve adequately allocated resources to keep up with the demand. If you don’t, now is the perfect time to start building one. Take advantage of this by bringing some sentimental value to your advertising.

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5 Simple Tactics To Make Freemium Users Pay

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Freemium business models are popular because they allow startups to quickly drive user adoption. It''s frankly easier to accelerate your startup''s growth and show faux traction if you omit the pesky step of asking users to pull out their credit cards.Let''s face it. Let''s face it.