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

crowdSPRING Blog

In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Special Report: Silicon Valley’s dirty secret – age bias | Reuters – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Your Brand is What You Do – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #173 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Online Education’s Dirty Secret — Awful Retention – [link]. Ranking the Top 10 Cloud Startups – [link]. 25+ Epic Web Design In Cloud Based Software Apps – [link]. Why Silicon Valley needs critics like Morozov | San Francisco Chronicle – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4!

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Cornerstone OnDemand CEO Adam Miller shares how he built a $2 billion cloud startup from LA

The Next Web

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Improbably, founder and CEO Adam Miller and his partners soldiered on to eventually build a $2 billion+ cloud company. The company has managed 95 percent retention of clients.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. They have the same trade-off decisions that you do about packing up and moving to Silicon Valley vs. staying and building locally. The ingredients are all here. The answer seems obvious (to move) but it’s not.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

Both Sides of the Table

Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore. He didn’t get too complicated on the differences of multi-tenant online databases or the power of remote logins when all your data is in the cloud. It is 101 for anybody who understands memory and information retention. But here’s the thing.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley. The world is generally not as tech-savvy as Silicon Valley and will continue to rely on traditional mechanisms for content distribution for the foreseeable future.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. View More » Jobs Director of Marketing and Retention a. What to Consider When Building an In-.