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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

Startup Professionals Musings

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

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The steps outlined below represent an ideal approach to raising capital from sophisticated investors. Step 4: Reconnaissance Mission, Under Promise – An effective technique for acquiring investment capital is to initially not ask for money. Unfortunately, your fundraising efforts will be less linear. Stay Limber.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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Steven Sesar: FreedomPop is all about bringing the freemium model to the wireless Internet market, and disrupting the telephone companies. Freemium creates a better conversion rate. In our Series A, we also took some funding from Dall Capital Partners, and they know telco very well. They're fantastic backers.

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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

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7 Startup Strategies To Gain From Your Limitations

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe that the resourcefulness to turn constraints into competitive differentiators and new opportunities is a trait that separates the great entrepreneurs from the “wannabes.” Startups funded by large venture-capital investments rarely think about productivity. Focus on a top productivity bottleneck each week.

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7 Winning Strategies For Smartphone App Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed). But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations. We had a brief chat on his views of “Freemium.”