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8 Tips For Success In Turning A Dream Into A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Elon Musk mitigated this by making his battery patents free to all. A legendary pivot example in social media was the transformation of Odeo into Twitter. Commit to a higher purpose than just financial success. They recover quickly after a failure, learn from mistakes, and never give up.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Startup Productive, Not Just Busy

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you may feel you are saving money by doing all your own administrative work and monitoring social media feedback. There are complex processes, like filing a patent, and financial tools that may be new to you, including Excel and Quickbooks. Prioritize your tasks ahead of helping others with theirs.

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Lon Safko – Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Author

Startup Professionals Musings

A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to meet Lon Safko, probably most recognized as the author of his best-selling book " The Social Media Bible.” Lon is the founder of 14 companies, 19 inventions, and he holds three patents. I just got my most recent patent about a week ago, on three-dimensional Internet advertising!

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Anyone can be a Sensay and help others to earn tips.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. Tips regarding structuring effective revenue sharing and cost savings deals are discussed in Sharing Means Caring. . As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

Tech Zulu Event

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies.

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

Adapt my tips with care, or use my thoughts to rethink your architectural decisions, if they’re applicable. Standalone URI shorteners work fine when you want to shorten mostly foreign URIs, but that’s a crappy approach when you want to submit your own stuff to social media. ’, ‘xxy’, and so on.

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