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APPNATION SF 2011 was fun

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

I chatted with them shortly before the pitching started and found out that they are from Portland, Oregon, yay, my home state! Signout startup- celebs leave voicemails for all fans to get text and dial in and listen to, hard to convert to ticket sales bc most didn’t have credit cards/money to pay even though they call 1-10 times a day.

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Do You Need a Business Plan? Scientific Research Says Yes

Up and Running

With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. They create budgets, set sales goals, and document their marketing and sales strategies.

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APPNATION SF 2011 was fun

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

I chatted with them shortly before the pitching started and found out that they are from Portland, Oregon, yay, my home state! Sales from a major tech blog. The winner of AppCircus was Geoloqi , a secure, real-time mobile and web platform for location sharing. Congratulations to them. Some people whom I met: Android game developers.

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How to Start a Brewery

Up and Running

and the fourth largest in its home state of Oregon, after powerhouse brands such as Deschutes, Rogue, and Full Sail. Now we are growing based on the projections our wholesale partners give us annually in sales. A third location, a pub and pizzeria, is scheduled to open on the University of Oregon campus in 2016. Relationships.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. From the beginning and all along the way, careful planning has guided the business from revenues of $35,000 in 2011, to $400,000 in 2014, and estimates of $700,000 for 2015. No kidding.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

The Fund is the brainchild of Sood, who joined Microsoft in January, 2011. . “We’re not going to take on someone’s landscaping business or invest in a carwash,” he said. Earlier, Sood was working for Hewlett-Packard, which had acquired his company VoodooPC, a boutique maker of high-end gaming computers, in 2006.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

Office for Mac 2011 Delivers the Good. View More » Jobs VP of Sales at Mashable (New York, Ne. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. This Mornings 4 Biggest Stories in S.