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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. This then enables companies to rapidly roll out a widespread and pervasive social media footprint through its product. What Could Have Been.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research.

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

YoungUpstarts

by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. Some tips for helping you get you there include: Have a good website to serve as your business’s online hub (ideally, one with an Open-source CMS that’s feature-rich and offers the opportunity to take advantage of integrations, such as those for SEO and social media).

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Clients include Skype, Equifax, T-Mobile, Fox Internactive Media.

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My Very Initial Take on Empire Avenue

Duct Tape Marketing

Having said that, Empire Avenue is something that is primarily for those that already have a decent amount of involvement in social media. Critics of the recent hype suggest this is little more than an ego boosting toy for social media gurus and wanna be gurus and on the surface you can certainly see why this claim is pretty easy to level.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

And they want to be seen displaying compassion because they want to be loved themselves.” ( West, 2004 ). Those early donors are simply personal connections of the project creator: “Friends and family funding plays a key role in the early stages of fundraising. How can you apply that principle?