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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

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It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here.

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Social Commerce: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why You Should Care

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and even Messenger is being used by companies to interact with consumers (both pre- and post-sale). You can run Twitter-only sales, host flash sales, product releases, etc. According to Shopify, the average order value of sales from Pinterest is $50, which is higher than any other social media site. Image Source.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Businesses For Sale |. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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“The tech industry creates roughly 10 awesome companies per year,” he says. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch. Scanadu: Technologically-savvy healthcare. Open Sesame! (A