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Amp Launches Sustainability Guide Into Beta

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Santa Monica startup Amp , led by Sarah McKinney, has launched its service into beta, saying that it is looking to help students and professionals find information on sustainability resources. sustainability service guide directory green cleantech startup' The startup says it wants to create a "Yelp for sustainability."

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. Social proof is defined as “looking for others to guide our decision&# and it can be both explicit and implicit. You should, too. (no,

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Citysearch Debuts Visual Guide Site, New iPhone App

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West Hollywood-based Citysearch has launched two new products today, including both a visual city guide, and a new iPhone app. Citysearch said its new Guides by Citysearch service is aimed at helping users easily find new places in major cities around the country, in a photo-centric way. READ MORE>>.

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Bizzy Updates Apps, Turns To Guides

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The new iOS 5 compatible app adds "Guides", users who are specifically being features for their use of the service and knowledge of food, as well as new sharing features. Bizzy , the social recommendations website and mobile apps owned by Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal, has updated its iPhone app this week. READ MORE>>.

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The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part I

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Most accelerators, but not all, offer up physical space, but they're more geared around mentoring and a formal program for helping companies to define their business, prototype and develop the first version of their service, and create a pitch and get funding. Most are modeled after the YCombinator and TechStars accelerator programs.

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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream. rollout support.

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eHarmony Adds Personal Counseling, Matchmaking Service

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Santa Monica-based eHarmony is going beyond the algorithm, and into personalized counseling, saying this morning that it has launched a new service it calls eH+ , which will join a personal counselor to its algorithmically driven services to present users with personalized service. READ MORE>>.

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