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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

InfoChachkie

Solution – Identify the competencies that are critical to your startup's success and develop them internally. For instance, technology startups should maintain key development resources in-house, rather than relying exclusively on third-party, contract labor. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

InfoChachkie

Some musicians would have felt pressure to record hit singles to ensure the continuation of their recording contract. Creating your product based on your target market's reactions at every stage of the development process enables you to make bold choices with confidence, even when such decisions seem to defy conventional wisdom.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

InfoChachkie

Once the tour concluded, the group returned to Ron’s office where he notified them that he would initially sign them to a development deal. He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” Instead, follow Brad’s lead and base your company’s marketing tactics on your company’s authentic personality. Share and Enjoy.

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Trade Show Guerilla Marketing – Booth Babes With Beards

InfoChachkie

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Share and Enjoy.

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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

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you should follow me on Twitter here and you should subscribe to my posts via RSS here or email here. » about about Josh about JoshCanHelp about my network » portfolio web and wordpress design HTML emails My name is Josh Cunningham and I love the web. You can subscribe by RSS or email or Twitter to keep in touch.

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