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Organizational Debt is like Technical debt – but worse

Steve Blank

Equally important their VP of Marketing had brilliantly executed a stream of social media campaigns (Facebook likes and partnerships, email campaigns, etc.) Their content was topical, targeted and refreshed daily. to drive traffic to their site, which they then turned into ad revenue.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

How Small Businesses Can Compete with Big Business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: mor.sl | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. Just got acquired?

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Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies

Duct Tape Marketing

Amanda is the Co-founder at Barney an M&A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space. 17:49] Have you ever experienced a transaction where a Founder sold the company to their existing team? [18:35] She's the co-founder at Barney, an M & A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space.

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The Top 4 Wrong Reasons to Seek Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet many entrepreneurs rely on expensive outside services and outside money, rather than do the networking for a co-founder or two who have the right skills to work for equity. Salaried staff will never have the commitment of co-founders that depend on the success of the startup. A desire to roll out on a massive scale.

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How to Start a Real Estate Business

Up and Running

While traditional business models provide a more regular income, in the real estate world, it might be three months before you get paid—and it could even be longer. Once you do that, Tim Frie, co-founder of Norman & Page Real Estate says, “You have just as much opportunity as any other agent at any other firm.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What's the business model? I think you'll see a lot of focus on companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare and Pinterest--services that haven't really established a business model yet to justify their sky high valuations. It will be a movement that picks up steam across a very diverse set of communities.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. 7) Negotiate .