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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force.

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Six Nudges: Creating A Sense Of Urgency For Higher Conversion Rates!

Occam's Razor

Our average delivery times to California are 50% faster than Amazon. Social cues to the rescue. The last couple of months have not been great for social networks. A minority might believe that the whole social media thing is going to die. 80 people in California have booked this destination in the last 30 days.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

16th September 2011 by Harrison Weber. Coworking is another way to get out there and network. In California? Sources: The Social Network Screenshot. Join TNW Social Media on: Follow @tnwsocialmedia. He loves everything related to tech startups, beautiful design and social media gossip. United States.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

www.usatoday.com

Sponsored Links His start-up Viddy, launched in early 2011, created a smartphone app that allows people to capture, enhance and share video and already has 40 million registered users. He has hired engineers from Loyola Marymount University , CalTech, University of Southern California and UCLA , he says. Sports Weekly. Travel Tips.