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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Use social media to engage customers in new ways and sharpen your brand. According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2012 ” from Ad-ology, Social media for small business marketing has reached its tipping point.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. If their solution can potentially meet customer needs, startups should create a minimal viable product (MVP) that captures their idea and brings it to market as quickly as possible. How to avoid premature scaling?

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

crowdSPRING Blog

Good suggestions on handling customer service questions and issues – [link]. Mark Cuban on Why You Should Never Listen to Your Customers – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Predictions for 2012 (and beyond) – [link]. Good suggestions on handling customer service questions and issues – [link].

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

In comparison, the overall technology sector growth was projected at 9-10% in early 2010 and this forecast did not change significantly today. ► 2012. (1). Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. SaaS companies projected to grow 18% over this period in January 2010 and this projection moved up only to 20% today.

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How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan - Startups and.

Tim Keane

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. " "What are your assumptions about how long it will take to get customers?" " "Where do you expect to find these customers?" "  "What's the current solution these potential customers are using today?"

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

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In general, IP protection will do nothing to prevent others from independently developing something similar, copying the overall business model, targeting similar customers or end users, and perhaps even mimicking the product’s look and feel. Financial, technical and operational plans and forecasts of all kinds (trade secret).