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8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

In this age of instant communication via the Internet, It’s ironic that I can now find out what’s going on around the world often more easily than in my own neighborhood. Hyperlocal in New York City is different from hyperlocal in Kansas. You need to find common elements to scale the business.

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

online.wsj.com

When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. . INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Computer And Internet.

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Ultralight Startups? Startups on a Shoestring!

Campus Entrepreneurship

The WSJ has a recent article highlighting some firms that have been bootstrapped for under $150. But the bootstrapping entrepreneur can also get help from lots of technological tools. These ultralight/bootstrapped startups are a great way for students to get entrepreneurial experience that they can build off of.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Matt Watson: Based in the Kansas City area. We didn’t talk about this ahead of time, but that’s what I’m standing in Kansas City, Missouri recording this. They were very much a luxury item. John Jantsch: Where was the headquarters for VinSolutions? John Jantsch: That’s what I thought. Matt Watson: Yeah.