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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. Get Satisfaction Inc. ( [link] ) raised $6 million led by Azure Capital Partners. These following six companies fell into this category.

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18 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Technologies That Will Have the Biggest Impact On Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the technologies that will have the biggest impact on technology and here’s the responses. #1- One of the most impactful technological developments for entrepreneurs is the advent of marketplace lending. 1- Marketplace lending. Photo Credit: Brock Blake. Photo Credit: James Zhang.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

After Goldman, ran startup Gadgetoff, which brought together inventors and entrepreneurs. The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem. Java/Azure appliances will come in.

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Microsoft went from MS-DOS to Windows to Office to many new reinventions, including Azure. Part of the reason I encourage entrepreneurs to discuss their ideas with as many smart people as possible is because sometimes that clarity of thought can come from an entirely different field or industry. PIVOTING AN ESTABLISHED COMPANY.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Social media. Social networking. Social games. By offering more than just cash, the Bing Fund joins an increasingly large array of incubators and accelerators aimed at helping entrepreneurs get off the ground. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars.

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Korean accelerator SparkLabs showcases social and e-commerce startups at its second Demo Day

The Next Web

The companies are largely based around social and e-commerce initiatives, with Eugene Kim, the principal at Sparklabs, saying that they “reflect major trends in Asia in terms of what you’ll see in the coming years, such as growth in the e-commerce space, new targeted social networks and completely new innovations.”.

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Visions of Web 3

Version One Ventures

More creative and economic opportunity for developers and entrepreneurs. Instead of building a brand new social network from scratch, they allow users to augment their experience on existing social networks like Twitter and Facebook. I had outlined a few reasons why it mattered and might eventually go mainstream:

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