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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

As a member of one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. Keiretsu Forum. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start.

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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Today it’s North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website, with millions of visitors to the site each month and partnerships with more than 17,000 animal shelters, pet rescue groups, humane societies and shelters.

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Mastering SEO in the Age of AI

Duct Tape Marketing

Discover the importance of adapting traditional SEO tactics to accommodate the advancements in AI technology, from content creation to technical optimization. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John (04:23): Yeah, we had a 2000 page site that we did just that to 1400 pages and immediately lifted their results.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000.

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How to Start a Home Health Care Business

Up and Running

There’s never been a better time to do so— home health care is one of the largest growing industries , not just in North America, but around the globe. This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. percent in 2000 to 19.6 In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue.

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The Benefits of Hiring A Virtual Assistant For Your Business Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

Work Better Now is a virtual assistant company providing remote professionals from Latin America for US and Canadian-based small and mid-sized businesses. 09:46] Do you find that there is a difference in work ethic and culture that exists in Latin America that maybe doesn’t exist everywhere? [12:51]

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

Startup Professionals Musings

As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. Keiretsu Forum. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant.