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How to find that first big customer

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Freshman Salesman writes: I’ve read somewhere in your blog about how you had a very large organisation as the first customer for your software. I’m putting myself in the same boat now with the solution I’m developing so could you tell me: 1. make for not putting customer development before writing code.

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Vital Tips For Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs During Covid-19  

YoungUpstarts

How can businesses understand their options and develop a cash flow timeline? As individuals, we instinctively keep a running check in our heads about when our bills are due and when we have money coming in. Make a list of bills you owe each month ­­— it could be rent, payroll, utilities, inventory, software subscriptions, etc.

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The Guide to Your Nonprofit Whistleblower Policy

Board Effect

Whistleblower policies date back to 2002 with the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , which came about as a result of corporations that misled their investors relating to fraudulent financial reporting practices. A whistleblower policy is more than a core policy for nonprofit organizations. What Is a Whistleblower Policy?

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

A few weeks ago a Micropreneur Academy member asked about getting started as a freelance developer since freelance development can be more conducive to getting started as a Micropreneur. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. Not a bad deal.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

As the marketing industry developed, researchers dove deeper into buying behavior and buyers’ minds. Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” The research can help companies build appealing shopping environments, plan sales processes, and develop marketing materials.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? .

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How to Find the Time to Accomplish Anything

Feld Thoughts

In the last five years, I’ve managed to find the time to write, publish and promote multiple books, including two award-winning bestsellers , develop a web application, maintain a blog, and present at conferences. In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. Enter the Craziness.