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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

It also handles the back end as well by automating the posting, sale and shipment of unsold inventory while offering immediate payment to creditworthy sellers. More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory.

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. Ignoring the cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.

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Ouya Near Sale, Says Reports

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Android-based game console maker Ouya is nearing a sale of the company, most likely by game hardware maker Razer , according to reports. Ouya had been venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and including Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA, Shasta Ventures, and Occam Partners, and had raised over $8.6M

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Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. Ignoring cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.

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Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to explore more common and more productive approaches for getting your startup moving forward. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers. Related sources include local business development agencies. Venture capital. Of course, every approach has pros and cons.

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Interview with Skyler Lucci, HeyTutor

socalTECH

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round? After you've done that, and see that it is working, as an entrepreneur, you really start to believe in your product.

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