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Pledgeling's James Citron: Every Business Should Be A Social Enterprise

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Pledgeling has built a technology platform that makes it super easy to integrate charity into their customer experience, and, as we say, grow through giving. However, as it happened, we went into due diligence and got a term sheet to sell the company on my month off. I'm thinking I'm going to have this life changing moment.

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6 Keys to Marketing Customer Experience vs Products

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Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. Exploit your product and service differences. You must be able to highlight these differences between your products and services, and those of your competitors.

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Enclave CineHome HD Wireless Speakers Boast Great Sound [ Review ]

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The subwoofer, though large, does pack a punch, but due to the factory tuning is limited in its abilities. This means they connect through Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channels that used to be strictly for weather and military use, but now consumer products are able to use them as long as the network does not interfere with anything.

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The Perils of Founder Fighting

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I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. One who wants to commercialize his product and start charging while the other prefers to not charge.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. Some funds like Battery Ventures have bucked the trend by raising $750 million. Team must be purely technical. Others will, too.

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What Entrepreneurs Should do about Price Fixing

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They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company. When I was fund raising for my second company we had agreed a company-wide deal with Salesforce.com to use our product. My assertion was that information flows outside of their process. People call each other.

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

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I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck. He was not an expert in technology, inventory logistics or publishing. The Two Pizza Rule.

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