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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. Social media is no longer an option, you must be a social media expert, too, or have some budget to hire somebody to help you.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

View from Seed

Most impressively, there seems to be a thriving startup of every flavor, with many more joining the list of Pillar Startups on the Guide in 2016 compared to 2015. These companies have a long way to go until global dominance in many cases, but they are all growing, hiring, and strengthening the local community right now.

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7 Strategies To Reduce The Cost Of Finding Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

It does happen once in a while, but usually only for entrepreneurs who have already spent money promoting their efforts, and a large amount of precious time connecting with their peers and the investment community. Through peers, social media or connections, make every effort to meet one or more of the investors before the actual pitch.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Keenan Beavis, Longhouse Media ! #12- Having launched my bootstrap startup earlier this year my motivation to grow the business is to get beyond the initial MVP/ POC stage. 18- Supporting the business community. I've learned a lot too and use the lessons learned to help more entrepreneurs and the innovation community.

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Announcing Coach 1.0 - my newest startup

Spencer Fry

Back in April, 2015, I announced on this blog that I was working on a new startup called Coach. It was bootstrapped. By joining the Coach Community , tutors can get added to our tutor directory, join our Slack channel, get access to exclusive content, and get one-on-one help from our team of marketing experts. It was early.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates.

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[Event] Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015

YoungUpstarts

Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini. More speakers will be confirmed closer to date.

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