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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

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It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. A case scenario is, let''s say you come to our site, you can submit your business idea. and NASA, as well as universities.

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5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup

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For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. I do recommend non-disclosures and patents, but more can be gained than lost by talking to outside experts. Two heads are better than one.

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Which Social Networks are for Entrepreneurs?

Startup Professionals Musings

There are groups like “Applied Entrepreneurship”, where discussions get animated about the value of patents, and the legality of MLMs. There are dozens of other social/business networking sites out there, some regionalized, and some are special interest boutiques.

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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Our system will go off and watch those things for you, trend them over time, do statistical analysis on them, or you can use it as a very advanced news gathering system, which is what we''re doing with it today for Wall Street. It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords. What''s your background, and how did you get into this?

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Online Dating Sites Seem Easy But Usually Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. Intellectual property is tough.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.” “Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” “I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Excuse the typos and cleanup that I’ve been too busy to finalize.” “Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” “I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”