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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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8 Tips For Success In Turning A Dream Into A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, a while back a passionate entrepreneur approached me with an innovative solution for reducing world hunger, but hadn’t focused on the fact that hungry people often don’t have any money, and governments are not easy customers. Be customer focused, not technology focused. Beware of the allure and demands of early adopters.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Online education. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. Almost nobody believed and now look at it.

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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

InfoChachkie

Value is created through diligent hard work. Once you prove that a substantial number of people are willing to pay more for your solution than it costs you to provide it, you can then consider licensing your underlying technology. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Grant Exclusivity.

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5 Tips For Attracting Female Customers

Tech.Co

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. For example, the company’s hashtag is #freetheV. By example,] if you sell men’s body wash or razors, you’re probably still selling to a female customer.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

socalTECH

We had the chance to speak with William Volk , Chief Creative Officer of Playscreen (www.playscreen.com), who talked how his company is looking to crack the code with Crickler 2: Daily Word Puzzle , which is among the most popular puzzle games on iTunes, and recently number one in free educational games. stars, mostly five star reviews.

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TheBouqs.com: An Online Flower Service For The Next Generation?

socalTECH

round changes things for us, and will let us invest in infrastructure, build our team, invest in media, and also invest in technology to better leverage our spend on media. However, our users and target audience are really the younger, web-savvy, college educated, and very technologically comfortable consumers. Closing this $1.1M

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