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Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 65 Free Fonts for Graphic Designers – [link]. Best Of 2011: 40 Detailed Photoshop Icon Design Tutorials – [link]. 35 Beautiful Brochure Designs – [link].

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

It occurred in a web design class I was taking and we were challenged to create a domain name followed by taking steps to create the site. When I started Idea Grove in 2005, most PR firms had names like law firms – the name of the firm was the name of the owner or partners. Thanks to Link Moser, Windhill Design LLC ! #26-

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. From a technical standpoint, in addition to being a skilled programmer, the CTO should have a background in architecture and database design. Have an account?

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Seed and pre-seed – trends and definitions

The Equity Kicker

The first thing to happen was that the bar for a Series A went up – unsurprising given that startups could now get much further with pre-Series A amounts of capital (2005-2010). That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016).