The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Of course I am not suggesting we should do away with social benefits for the sake of creating an artificial level of scrappiness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

As an entrepreneur looking for an idea, it makes sense to explore problem areas within your knowledge comfort zone, but when you are building a business with the solution, you have to stretch your comfort zone to keep up with the market and stay ahead of competitors. The hard part is the business execution. Stop talking and start executing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. You just said, “nobody would take 1-2% dilution.” Christin goes on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Success requires market leadership in your product area, and it’s easy to see that pushing more products and services dilutes your focus and attention. Innovate to market leadership. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions.

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Life Beyond Code

JUNE 13, 2013

There are fairy tale stories that get reported in the media about the glorious life of an entrepreneur. The details are generally missing as it would be impossible to document the ups and downs of an entrepreneur throughout his or her journey. This article is for people who are thinking of becoming entrepreneurs.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. It’s always better to be earn money, not just raise it, as money you earn doesn’t dilute your ownership and reassures your investors. Entrepreneur How-To''s' He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2012

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Success requires market leadership in your product area, and it’s easy to see that pushing more products and services dilutes your focus and attention. Innovate to market leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Success requires market leadership in your product area, and it’s easy to see that pushing more products and services dilutes your focus and attention. Innovate to market leadership.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But using hashtags effectively, especially for business marketing, means doing more than just plugging them into your tweets on Twitter or posts on Instagram, Facebook or another social network. When crowdspring shares content on social networks, we often use industry hashtags on our content.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

A business plan I saw recently to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Success requires market leadership in your product area, and it’s easy to see that pushing more products and services dilutes your focus and attention. Proving market leadership. Marty Zwilling.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

As an entrepreneur myself, I’m always on the lookout for words of wisdom from fellow innovators. Looking to the rule breakers (who often evolve into rule makers) for ways to successfully challenge the status quo has given me the following six suggestions for my fellow entrepreneurs. Strive for minimalism. .

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2013

This had a really big effect on brands and organisations who had invested a significant amount in the FB platform, where overnight, their investment in connecting with those who care about their stuff was diluted. Unlike older people using social networks, kids don’t have a commercial imperative to keep them there.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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Start Up Blog

JULY 31, 2010

What they did was set up a studio with Mustafa some props and the copy writers from the agency and they pumped out a TVC every 11 minutes, answering questions posed by key influencers on a few core social networks.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 14, 2013

Time Magazine reported 73% of recruiters check out your social networking sites, including Facebook. All this gets you is a fan page filled with hot air and no substance but you are plagued with bogus profiles. Thanks to Maciej Fita , Brandignity.com. Non-Business Friendly Pictures.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One group charges entrepreneurs "an administrative fee" to present to the group. Touched by an Angel. for a total of $10.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. I have spoken at length to one such entrepreneur who tells me that he hardly hears from his VC.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? When you are a young entrepreneur and you have a project (say a new age TV show) and you need to raise capital for the project. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Before the $52M Series D , the $23M Series C , the $15.5M

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Caroline: I would say ten out of ten entrepreneurs I talked to say that so it’s good that you brought that up because it is a fear that people are afraid someone’s going to steal it and you have to get it out there though. Smart money should bring more to the table than just cha-ching in your bank account. Caroline: Great.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” What is the True Sentiment of VCs? ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Importantly, your brand is not what you say it is.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

And users say that social media has increased their access to information , ease of communication, and freedom of expression. Sprout Social research shows that 55% of people learn about new brands on social networks , and 68% agree that they enable them to interact with companies. Choose the right social media platforms.

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