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Don't drink the startup Kool-Aid – find a problem and try to solve it

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However, putting all that to one side, it feels to me that parts of our internet startup culture are becoming ever increasingly delusional. Let’s take a little trip back – way back, before the internet. Then the internet came along and beat the stupidity out of everyone with its all-knowing, interconnected, pipey genius.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Internet/Online Only. Internet/Digital Media. Finance/Accounting. Business Development.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Computer And Internet. Internet Services.