Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. So what are the key strategies that can improve the success odds for your online startup? In the online world, you need a solid connection between your domain name and your product, brand, or business. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. You’re right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He created GoTo.com (later renamed Overture) out of a frustration with search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business.

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