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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Votem

Austin Startup

Votem is a complete end-to-end platform that takes your organization from registration through to results and review. See Votum pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Votem is based in Cleveland. Why Cleveland?

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

In the early 1990s, my brother was working for a company that was going through the roof selling shareware software via catalog. Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it. After that, she used a combination of high-tech and low-tech to develop her idea. “I

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses.

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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away. We all owe you.

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Pros and Cons of Being Your Own Boss

Up and Running

And I built a software company because I believed the product was needed. Some bosses are better than others at upgrading the technology, choosing the location, arranging for parking. Don’t stay in Cleveland if you prefer Klamath Falls. We need to get the software done, tested, and published. Up to you. A good view?

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Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

Here’s an online book store that sells some level of technology and now is really the online version of Walmart, and they’re winning Emmy awards for the creation of original content. Another one that I would throw out a big Cleveland hat tip to is Lincoln Electric, another mid-sized company that makes welding torches.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Huge upfront software licensing fees. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. link] Carter Cleveland Dude! link] Carter Cleveland Dude! . I will store and review again and again.

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