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9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Develop a product line and add alternate channels. Focus on a solution that is scalable world-wide.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Now it’s up to the consumers to choose which will be the social audio platform(s) of choice. Open Source. The platforms. Bootstrapped.

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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

We're better at SEO and social media. Social media and SEO is ever-changing quicksand. And even you could work 70 on-task hours per week, that's still blown away by 10 developers at a funded company or even 10 passionate open source developers working part-time. Can't be true, right? We're cheaper.

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How Starting a Podcast Can Benefit Small Businesses

Up and Running

You already know that social media is an effective way to interact with customers and build a personality for your brand. You can start new social media accounts dedicated to the show. And those could provide extra content, drive traffic to your company’s primary channels, or both. Join The Conversation.

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Startup opportunities in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. who started showcasing their Ape on social media platforms. It became a social status symbol. Skechers is the latest brand to announce a virtual store opening in Decentraland ( Source ).

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Omni-channel messaging will become even more crucial as more organizations adopt this strategy, especially during a pandemic. Consumers make purchases through a number of channels, ranging from YouTube to Facebook, making it difficult to categorize their behavior. Thanks to David Wurst, Webcitz ! #4- Photo Credit: Mark Valderrama.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.