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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Seth is one of those truly descent human beings that you meet occasionally in this industry whose earnestness on camera is matched by his behavior off camera. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

They need to write down their business priorities then check their calendar matches their priorities. If you want to avoid a $500k bill (like that paid by one Connecticut startup) to later move your company to Delaware, incorporate in Delaware from day one. But it’s the A+ problems that will make the biggest difference for the company.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Match students with relevant startup internships. We have evolved into an educational organization, holding investor education events in New Jersey , NY, Florida, Connecticut, Toronto, and San Francisco, as well as many webinars. So what else can Yale and other universities do? My friends and I brainstormed some ideas, listed below.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

How the design and structure of the website played a role in usability as well as search engine rankings, working with the outreach team to create great content that would help build valuable links, making sure emails matched the style of the optimized landing pages, and so much more. Thanks to Kelly Bedrich, ElectricityPlans.com ! #22-

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Using Negative Keywords To Attract Highly Qualified Customers

ConversionXL

Match type options for negative keywords are: Broad, Phrase, and Exact. Modified Broad negative keywords do not exist, because Broad negative terms work very similarly to Modified Broad match terms. Erin over at PPC Hero wrote a really great piece demonstrating how negative keyword match types work , including a really helpful chart.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. link] The Co-Founder Matching Problem « Entrepreneurial Activism [.] The ecosystem is just hard to beat.