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“Fantastic” beats “efficient”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Since I defined the Something Awesome as being holy-crap-you-have-to-be-kidding-me good, word-of-mouth “advertising&# is automatic. If word-of-mouth can replace 90% of your advertising/marketing budget, maybe you can use that money to address the challenges of extra expenses.

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How To Predict The Future

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We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly. What OS will they run?

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

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Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse. Startups can sign up to have their projects advertised to compatible investors or search through a 20,000-investor database.

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