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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

I needed a desk that had features that would give me quick access to a variety of tools; that was large enough for all my mixed media projects; and that was also sturdy enough it could take hammer blows and an occasional brush from a blow torch. Try to sample your ideal audience, and not just anyone. What do your friends want?

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Don’t Count on Crowd-Funding to Save Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

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If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Crowd-Funding is a Bad Approach for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

Let us know in the comments your experiences with any of these options for IT project staffing. in case you are wondering: www.dreamstaffing.com blog comments powered by Disqus More Subscription Options » Twitter RSS Top 6 Today 1 Today's Big Rumor: Google Buys Groupon for $2.5. 2 What Would Facebook and Twitter Sneakers Look L.