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Many Entrepreneurs Believe Viral Marketing is Free

Startup Professionals Musings

It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented new Internet regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, for short. Although the GDPR applies to European countries, it doesn’t just apply to Europe-based companies. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Steve Blank

How and why the State Department is involving the nation’s top innovators in its efforts was the focus of my interview with Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. That’s what you had to do then before the Internet. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Sec.

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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

Their primary motivation has been the fact that manufacturing costs in Chinese factories are lower than those in the US or Europe. The internet: Looking for a Chinese factory on the internet may seem like looking for a needle in a haystack, but persevere. Source: Pixabay. There are four main ways to do this.

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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

The Next Web

They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. Yes, it is true that some entrepreneurs either don’t receive a response or get a pre-made template. VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one.

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How To Sell To Consumers In Europe

YoungUpstarts

Congratulations, you have launched a successful product or a web-shop. Cash flows are coming in and you are succeeding as an entrepreneur. Then the big bad wolf of internet came. Chris is earning money from his home country and he does not have a lot of effect from the entrepreneurs on the other side of the border.

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