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Monetizing Groupthink – Interview with Israel’s Gift Project

VC Cafe

The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform enabling group gifting. Its CEO, Ron Gura, was a mentor at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. An organizer can invite the gift-giving participants either through social networks or email invitations.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Social media marketing could also be effective during the early stages of your business.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an earlystage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. They were charging $10 ­ $20 per month.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Likelihood of Confusion -trademark, copyright and Internet Law. Dune Networks. Seed Startups.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

For ecommerce, this is based on transaction size, commission, and chances of the user returning. Especially in the early stages, keeping a relationship with your customers can be paid off exponentially, not only in overall engagement but with extremely valuable word of mouth marketing. Masterful onboarding (cheap).

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Along with company presentations and ample networking opportunities, Dan Caruso, CEO of Zayo Group, will give this winter’s keynote address. As an active member of the telecommunications and Internet community, Caruso will address the attendees about the virtues of starting a company in the Rocky Mountains.