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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

We then captured this conversation again on camera. We then spoke about startups. Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Startups shouldn’t be like this. You need a diverse set of skills on your team.&#.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

I advised him to get into deeper conversations with these 50 companies and get a better feel for what applications they would build and how they want to pay for the platform: license, subscription, or transaction fee. You can select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page.

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An SEO Crash Course For Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

You’ve put time, effort and investment into your startup. Not only will unclear navigation compromise your SEO rankings, it will also cost you conversions when visitors find your website. by Braden Becker. It’s about time people know about it. After you build a clear, functional website, optimize the metadata for SEO.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

checking out the shopping in Georgetown, saw beautiful horse country in Pennsylvania and upstate NY and headed down into the bays and coves of Connecticut filled with sailboats. We had some great conversations in the car, but one stuck in my mind.

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Empowering Women And People Of Color In The Workplace

Duct Tape Marketing

They feature Q and A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations and conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. He worked his way up from a male sort all the way to postmaster general in the state of Connecticut. I, I totally agree.

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6 ways startups can improve sales lead generation (without selling their soul)

The Next Web

Gregg Schwartz is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales & Marketing , an industry-founding lead generation firm based in Connecticut. Another challenge for startup founders is to sell in a way that feels natural, comfortable and authentic to who they are. Don’t make a “sales pitch,” have a conversation.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. The PI and Entrepreneurial Lead were supported by a mentor (average age of 50,) with industry/startup experience. Principal Investigator: Yu Lei University of Connecticut.

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