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Reflections on 2018: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

socalTECH

One company that we have mentored, invested in and serve on the board of, is in lending and has hit a very exciting tipping point. Peter Cowen is the founder of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com), a technology investment bank focused on SaaS, FinTech, Infrastructure and tech-enabled outsourced business services.

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SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Tech Zulu Event

Scaling thru Outsourcing. Merge Offline/Online Networks for Startup Success. Tips and Tools for Managing Virtual Teams (Tecca). Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film. Startups: Demystifying the PR Process for the Lean Startup (Symphony PR). Moral Psychology and Big Data Singularity. Can Newspapers Appeal to a Younger Audience.

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How to Make a Real Social Media Customer Connection

Startup Professionals Musings

That means forget using interns or outsourcing this function. Before social networking, an unhappy customer might tell three people. For additional tips and advice, and information about Visa''s small business solutions, follow @VisaSmallBiz and visit [link]. You need insider “deciders” here.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

Both Sides of the Table

They outsource the critical negotiations and “trust their advisors to handle the details.&# On balance I usually prefer to recruit people from my network both in terms of saving costs as well as hiring people I know & trust. You can’t outsource this to a recruiter. You name it. And yes, VC’s, too.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

Affiliate Network – Affiliates are third-parties which are only compensated when they perform a particular action on your behalf. For instance, a travel site might contain travel tips, along with ads for great deals on vacations. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Tech Zulu Event

As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day. Find events, conferences, mixers, networking groups, meet up groups who would find value in hearing your insights.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e. 7 angel investing tips in 7 minutes - Venture Hacks , August 3, 2010 Last week, Naval and a slew of angel investors shared their investing advice with an audience of angels-in-training at AngelConf 2010. angel investing tips. Developer.

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