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The Subscription Economy May Be Revolutionary—But It’s Not Without Risks

Up and Running

When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. Many merchants and businesses have moved away from the traditional pay-for-product pricing models and begun to implement subscription-based pricing. The subscription economy explained.

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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. No, but you have other unfair advantages — you have insight into some market, you have an unlikely team that can both build and sell, you have a rolodex, you have a business model others can’t duplicate, or something else. I bought ads for $0.05/click

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The cult of the NDA

www.frozennorth.org

AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth. Sunday - September 28, 2003 at 03:37 AM in. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. Ive written a book called. Gourmet Customer Service. buy it on Amazon. (in)Frequently

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. The general rule is one business model drives the business.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Virtualitics

Austin Startup

With the state-of-the-art algorithms, Virtualitics is able to render 3D visualizations of network graphs and compute insights that range from 10 to 100 times faster than other tools on the market. He was given an honorary degree in 2003 at the University Federico II in Naples, my hometown. Tell us about a memorable celebrity encounter.