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Entrepreneurs: Are You an Olympic Athlete or a Spectator?

InfoChachkie

This week the SBW2012 Conference in DC offers sessions geared for small businesses including a Social Media forum, Business Matchmaking, and Federal Contracting 101. This event honors Small Business Champions– individuals or organizations dedicated to supporting small businesses. Follow Laurie on Twitter at [link].

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Entrepreneurs Now Start Hyperlocal Then Go Global

Startup Professionals Musings

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

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Smart Startups Think Global But Act Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned. Hacker Downside.

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Social Media for Service Professionals

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. This is that post. It has changed my life. Both And it's free.

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Hyperlocal is the Latest Buzzword for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?). Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. blog comments powered by Disqus. Star Trek Contest. Primary Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Newsletters.