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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Transcript of How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Here’s the deal, whether you’re creating a package or creating a product or some piece of marketing communication, it generally costs the same amount of money to produce something bad as something good. It’s made in Connecticut and a very, very successful product thanks to the meeting of those two generations.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

Here are some of the final Lessons Learned presentations and team videos: Akara Solutions: Flexible, Low Cost Cooling Technology for LED Lighting. IDecideFast – A web-based application for effective decision making for the layperson. Principal Investigator: Yu Lei University of Connecticut. Syllabus for the class is here.

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10 Best Apps For Small Business Owners

crowdSPRING Blog

After you’ve added your contacts to the service (which runs on iOS, Android, and in your web browser) the service spins into action. It ferrets out duplicate contacts and data, scours the web and social media to fill in gaps, and gathers valuable information about your contacts. We love Gusto and use it at crowdSPRING. Quickbooks.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Web Design/Tech Services. Connecticut. Low Cost Franchises. Connecticut. JAIRO PUENTES asks… Q: What is the best way to cut Medicare and Medicaid costs and provide affordable healthcare to most Americans? WSJ Web Slice. LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. ISP/ASP Services.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

I’m just really sick of how Techcrunch propagates this fairy tale scenario of web startups but spinning this best-case scenario success story as being the guide for others’ success when they really comes down to a number of jackpot background factors. It really needs some rounded corners for that web 2.0

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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. You’re trying to find the right fit for what you sell, in a way that will benefit your customers more than it costs them to buy from you.