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The Top 5 Members of your Startup Team

Austin Startup

The Financier (Finance Manager): Assesses the viability & profitability of the business and product — This is vital when looking for investors. Additionally, your Finance Manager should understand the relationship between data, decisions, and people. Additionally, if there’s an incubator/accelerator in your area, apply!

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

ReadWriteStart

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Sequoia has financed them. But when I found out that Rajeev is a computer engineer, I suggested to him to build a cost-effective SEO services firm, which would be more interesting. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest

ReadWriteStart

The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. This pretty much rules out SEO, PPC, affiliate marketing, etc. In addition, Priyanshu is also considering an enterprise solution with the notion of cleaning up the profiles of employees (based on social media policies) of objectionable material.

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4 Reasons To Consider A New Domain Name For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

I’m not a domain investor myself, but, after spending 10 years in Internet marketing working for companies like Expedia and Partner Fusion, a leading marketing and technology incubator, I’ve seen many signs pointing to the value of new exact-match domains. Rob Bruce is an online marketing expert from Salt Lake City, UT.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges - An Emerging Trend

ReadWriteStart

Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r.

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