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7 Essential Steps From A Lone Entrepreneur To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Combining StitchFix and Instagram, FlipFit ushers in the next phase of social retail

TechCrunch LA

The serial entrepreneur behind the Dubai-based online fashion retailer, Elabelz and marketing studio Elephant Nation had always wanted to redesign the shopping experience for how customers actually shopped in stores and online. Then he met Jonathan Ellman at the Summit conference in Los Angeles. “ We met at a party.

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introNetworks Adds Mapping Feature

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based introNetworks, a developer of social networking software for connecting trade show attendees and organizations, has released an update to the firm's software. The new feature maps out members of a social network on a browseable world map, with additional information about members shown via a pop up box.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month.

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How Zadara Is Putting The Enterprise In The Storage Cloud

socalTECH

We caught up with Nelson Nahum , a longtime storage industry veteran and CEO of the company, to learn where Zadara fits and how it''s helping to move enterprise customers to the cloud. Speaking of the enterprise, where are those enterprise customers in trusting the cloud? Where are customers now in adoption of the cloud?

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7 Action Items For Introverts Starting New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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How Introverts Like Mark Zuckerberg Build A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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