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Recruiting Should Be Your #1 Priority From Day 1

YoungUpstarts

Think of it as an elevator pitch for recruiting. Not sales, product development, or fundraising. Talkative’s novel platform brings voice, video, chat and cobrowsing into customer facing websites to increase revenues and improve customer service. cutting edge technology (WebRTC), 2.

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Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How Much Are You Worth? – [link].

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5 Steps to Optimize Your Website to Attract Investors

Up and Running

As a startup, think of the value proposition as your elevator pitch. You can even include an introductory video for key staff members, as featured on the Suburban K9s team page. Lastly, you can display a timeline of product developments or company milestones.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. And I have no doubt the VCs who have to listen to all the pitches would be happier as well.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

sites from scratch - Experienced with the majority of the social api’s (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Meebo, PayPal, Flickr) - Experience managing offshore dev teams - Most recently a Director of Product Development at an early stage funded startup [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: finding your co-founders [.]

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A 50-Point Checklist For Creating The Ultimate Landing Page

unbounce.com

it mentions video or a form when you don’t have one on your page), then check the box anyway. Do you use bullet points to describe the benefits of your product/service? Are you using a relevant and original main image or video that shows it being used (context of use)? Do you end your video with a call to action?

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