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StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups

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This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. The site aggregates content but doesn't own it or try to copy it.

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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

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It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). it seems that Twitter should have the same Google-like cost advantage.

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Entrepreneurs Today Don’t Need A Big Budget To Start

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It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 1, 2010 The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. This should not deter you. know that you're afraid.