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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

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As a business lawyer working with startups in technology and digital media every day, I’m fortunate to have a front-row seat as entrepreneurs create value out of thin air. Most of the technology industry is notoriously apolitical. What can we do on the public policy front to turn the United States into one giant Silicon Valley?

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

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As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

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Set Your Online Reputation Before Someone Else Does

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These sites are often highly ranked in search engine results because they are heavily linked. The Internet has been a powerful and disruptive technology. Professional directories. Many professions offer free online directories of members or similar sites for professional networking. The good news is that you can use it to advantage.

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The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business

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This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Small business grants. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

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Don’t Let Early Adopters Distract Your Market Focus

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The term “early adopters” relates to the people who are eager to try almost any new technology products, and originates from Everett M. Product suggestions by early adopters often ask for increased user control over details of the technology. Emphasis on engineering robustness. Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations book.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

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Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. People talk to people, and even competitors freely exchange news on trends and discoveries.

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How to Reduce Your Budget and Reduce Startup Risk

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In reality, most business today can be built and reach breakeven for much less than these amounts, maybe $10K-$50K, with the exception of some medical related ones, and high technology content solutions. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

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