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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Loyalty programs have not changed much since the first airline loyalty cards took off more than 30 years ago. CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. Sure, lots of features were added over the years.

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Healthbox Picks Seven Startups For Inaugural Accelerator Program

YoungUpstarts

Jacksonville, Florida-based and healthcare technology-focused business accelerator Healthbox has identified seven companies that will be selected to participate in its inaugural accelerator program. In the News business accelerator Florida Healthbox healthcare startups wellness'

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. Growing up we had Columbia House Music and BMG who would send you a “record of the month&# in the mail and you could return it each month without paying – but nobody ever did.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere show No. 5: Daniella Yacobovsky and Jane Moritz

Steve Blank

Family relationships influence founders and their startups. Daniella Yacobovsky , co-founder of online jewelry retailer BaubleBar , and Jane Moritz. Daniella Yacobovsky , co-founder of BaubleBar , previously worked at American Capital Securities and UBS Investment Bank. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Inspired in Zimbabwe The founders of Zimride were inspired by drivers in Zimbabwe, who pick up strangers and give them a lift for a few bucks. Thats real money."

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Okay, I'm Creating Content How Do I Get Someone to Read It 2.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc.

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Organic Startup Ideas

www.paulgraham.com

werent direct marketers. We didnt even know when we startedthat our users were called "direct marketers." Organic ideas are generally preferable to the made up kind, butparticularly so when the founders are young. 2 ]In retrospect, we should have become direct marketers.

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