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6 Keys To Preserving A Positive Business Image Online

Startup Professionals Musings

On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in the classic article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” Don’t repeat the “ United Breaks Guitars ” experience, which now has been published as a book on what not to do. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget. Marty Zwilling.

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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still recommend apps as a good starting target for aspiring technical entrepreneurs, since they don’t require a large initial investment, and you can learn an incredible amount about the realities of business, without risking a lifetime of effort and several investor fortunes. Compensate for low profit by aiming for maximum reach.

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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still recommend apps as a good starting target for aspiring technical entrepreneurs, since they don’t require a large initial investment, and you can learn an incredible amount about the realities of business, without risking a lifetime of effort and several investor fortunes. Compensate for low profit by aiming for maximum reach.

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VCs with Personalities? Foundry Group FTW!

Both Sides of the Table

Or they’d throw out their standard, ‘I’m too bored to think up anything insightful’ questions like “what’s going to happen when Google copies this?&# I also loved the guest appearance by Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine. or my favorite, “how big can this get?&#.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. Sony, the iPod.

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? It clearly is not fame or fortune.

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6 Principles For Driving Online Reputation Management

Startup Professionals Musings

On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” Don’t repeat the “ United Breaks Guitars ” experience, which now has been published as a book on what not to do. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget. Marty Zwilling.