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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

My other co-founder, Rusty Jenkins, was also with that company, doing sales. On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors.

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6 Building Blocks Make Amazon A Global Market Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked for the magic that has made Amazon the world's most valuable brand , from a total unknown only twenty years ago. For example, when delivery costs and delays were still a major online sales hurdle, Amazon Prime membership was invented to offer free next day shipping.

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Batch 8 500 Startups Demo Day | Our Top Ten

Tech Zulu Event

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. About $37B worth of lost sales a year, worldwide. They showed very impressive average customer repurchases. Rapt.FM – Rap battles over live chat.

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