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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

See how many of the following “new” Internet concepts you recognize, and can explain in terms of value to your business. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. You can use it for your business.

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Guide To Develop A Highly Successful Online B2B Marketplace

ReadWriteStart

You should also be sure to offer customer service and technical support, so customers remain happy and continue using your marketplace. You can either hire a web development company or use a platform like WordPress to create your site. Understanding The Business Model of a B2B Marketplace. Setting Up Your Website.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. Amazon hosts an annual startup challenge for companies using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

If youre in a market like pharmaceuticals, where all user testing can be done in a lab, execution in a bubble makes sense, but if your startup is a web product it sounds like hubris. Ideas are worthless when theyre another spin on a web 2.0 It was yet another Web 2.0 social network/web analysis/etc. Shocking, I know.

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