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5 Reasons For Monetizing The Idle Resources Of Others

Startup Professionals Musings

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Chefs are beginning to offer peer-to-peer dining platforms or cooperatives.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl).

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Scarce Natural Resources Are Startup Idea Goldmines

Startup Professionals Musings

You can start a new e-Commerce site on the Internet for as little as $100, with cheap smart phone apps, new technology innovations, or tapping the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. This not only saves scarce natural resources, but adds value to the economy.

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5 Ways Creative Startups Can Sustain The Environment

Startup Professionals Musings

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. This not only saves scarce natural resources, but adds value to the economy. Marty Zwilling.

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10 Sharing Principles Propel Many Current Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital). In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest.

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Premature scaling can kill your business.

Berkonomics

Venture capitalists sometimes make an error in directing their portfolio company CEOs to push resources to the limit and scale the business to immense size quickly, all to seize market share. Many, many companies accepting venture capital lost it all following this instruction. Here’s a lesson from experience. But beware.