YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2017

Accounting and reporting requirements can be a significant burden for start-ups and companies without the vast human and financial resources of larger enterprises. Luckily, one organization is hard at work trying to make things more manageable for these middle market companies: The Private Company Council (PCC). What is the PCC?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2014

Melissa Thompson is the founder and CEO of TalkSession ( www.talksession.com ), an online counseling company which launched in April 2013. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. The “World’s Toughest Job” online job advertisement (above) led to a viral video compilation of the 24 applicants interviews.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Ten groups will deliver a one-minute business pitch as they vie for Crowd Favorite and Grand Prize Winner in the Fast Pitch Competition on March 3rd. Created in 2007 by Roy Sosa and Bertrand Sosa, brothers and accomplished Austin entrepreneurs, RISE has grown to attract 1,800 attendees in more than 120 sessions in three short years.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A company or an organization can be a complex creature with a variety of departments, lots of employees and numbers of departmental objectives. Therefore, ideas and innovation can be obstructed because of such separate departments vie for focus and attention. What is an online suggestion box? Benefits of an online suggestion box.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2016

When this happens, your store becomes just another product trying to vie for attention. Utilizing a Search Engine Optimization Company. A Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) company, such as PlacementSEO , works with you to boost you higher in the ranking of popular search engines. Mix it up, and keep it fun!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Influence is more important than ever in today’s connected world as brands, companies, and individuals vie to become the next big phenomenon. Do you have any idea how much influence your company commands today, and what is your business doing to extend that influence to the bottom line? Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2012

Nobody wants to get excited about spending time evaluating a company with a miserable CEO. It’s starting to show in how he talks about his company. C’est la vie. Was on the wrong people. Investors screwed you a bit? Yes, that does suck. So either leave and start fresh or bite your lip. I told him as much.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Influence is more important than ever in today’s connected world as brands, companies, and individuals vie to become the next big phenomenon. Do you have any idea how much influence your company commands today, and what is your business doing to extend that influence to the bottom line? Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Graphic: For every $1 spent on AdWords (a form of SEM), companies tend to increase their revenue by $2. ( The online marketing industry is booming, and there are thousands of companies who need employees with SEO and SEM marketing expertise. Companies vie for the top and most prominent spots on the SERPs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

Influence is more important than ever in today’s connected world as brands, companies, and individuals vie to become the next big phenomenon. Do you have any idea how much influence your company commands today, and what is your business doing to extend that influence to the bottom line? Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 120

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

But as time passes and other competitors come into the market to vie for the attention and the spending money of the public, you run the risk of losing your competitive edge if you don’t think of your site as an entity that needs to grow. That works in the early stages of your business when the attention afforded a startup is at its highest.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Prior to this, Jean and her husband Steve owned two successful companies that helped thousands of business owners through the tools and guidance they provided for their online community. Jean Hanson (01:57): Yeah, so as you know, my husband Steve and I have been, we've been in the cleaning industry for over 30 years in different companies.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here. This list is venture funds that have invested in two or more Austin-based companies over the past two years. link] Click here to download a PDF with all of the tables above.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

Lets Fix Everything that Was Broken At SuperMac we were excited to finally get out of the crummy tiltup we had occupied since the company emerged from bankruptcy. The new building needs to reflect that we’re a successful and established company. This happened to us at SuperMac when our sales skyrocketed.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 21, 2015

Sometimes that happens because the idea didn’t turn out to be strong enough, in which case “c’est la vie”, but sometimes it happens because the entrepreneur wasn’t sufficiently prepared for the journey, and in that case it’s a crying shame. Your odds of happiness are better that way.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

When I think of the profit-making ability of our company, I think about it in terms of maximizing that profit, while adhering to some very basic values and some very basic tenets of humanity. Finally, customers also benefit in multiple ways by interfacing with that healthier, happier workforce.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Held at the IBM Innovation Center, the Austin Pitch Slam is an opportunity for local tech and communications entrepreneurs to vie for a chance at being named to the Innovate!100 You know the drill: “X” company gets 5 minutes to pitch and 5 minutes Q&A time with judges, executives, press, etc. 100 list of most promising startups.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 11, 2011

C’est la vie ; it was one of the many lessons we learned the hard way. As your company requires sales to survive, doing trade shows is important to grow your brand , but since shows are very expensive and time-consuming, I suggest you also try to get showrooms at the same time.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Having worked in an Australian app development company that helps small to medium enterprises, I’ve come across many small business owners who have brilliant app ideas but fail to animate them in their pitch. The more generic an idea, the more competitors you have to vie with, and the more marketing dollars you’ll waste.

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VC Adventure

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Online technology magazine Xconomy wrote an article yesterday that focused on the controversy surrounding Boston based Revolutionary Angels - the angel group that is sponsoring a business plan competition in which companies are charged a $4,995 "entry fee" and vie for a $250k investment from the group. Your "entry fee" is justified!

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BeyondVC

MAY 2, 2007

I am sure this fact is not lost on Microsoft as it looks to take on Adobe and also vie for leadership in the broadband video advertising market. As you guessed it, what that means is the market is still early and there are plenty of opportunities for innovative companies to help move some of that $60b spent on television ads online.

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