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5 Popular Freelance Opportunities In This Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. I’m sure you can think of a dozen more examples today.

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How To Reinvent Yourself As A Business Startup Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. I’m sure you can think of a dozen more examples today.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea. Wireframes.

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Services Professionals Join The Entrepreneur Ranks

Startup Professionals Musings

Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. I’m sure you can think of a dozen more examples today.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

Super-angel investors (micro-VCs). These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. A seed round is intended to be followed by a bigger Series A round. Acquihire” a startup.

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Business Professionals Can Be The New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. I’m sure you can think of a dozen more examples today.

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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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As I write this in early 2019, I’m thinking back on more than 20 years of hearing business pitches as a judge of business plan competitions and as an angel investor. Not just disruptive , but also game changing , market-leading , and viral , and pivot. I mind all these trendy buzzwords that everybody applies.