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Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools

TechCrunch LA

Traditional venture capitalists may have made it rain on expensive Hollywood studios that were promising virtual reality would be the future of entertainment and social networking (given coronavirus fears, it may yet be), but Talespin and others like it are focused on much more mundane goals.

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10 Business Skills That Require Remedial Training

Startup Professionals Musings

Atrocious resumes and social network antics will kill your career. Amazingly, it seems that people in business are more highly educated these days, but less well prepared than ever before. Productivity is much more than doing everything faster. Job Hunting Basics. There’s another generation right behind us that needs to know.

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10 Steps To Second Stage Success For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Build a winning culture and make it pervasive.

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up. Marty Zwilling.

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Tony Hsieh is the Seller of Dreams | Enter the Downtown Project

Tech Zulu Event

That money is being distributed across real estate, educational, and local business redevelopment, as well as moving Zappos into the old City Hall in downtown Las Vegas. “As corny as it sounds, Tony Hsieh is a seller of dreams,” said Sarah Evans, founder of PR firm Sevans Strategy and social media venture FAVES + CO.

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How Great Entrepreneurs Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). Training and coaching. But these still need coaching on the unknowns, and ongoing education to keep up with the industry and the technology. Idea management.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.