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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. More and more customers today do their initial shopping on the Internet, and they won’t even believe you exist if you have no presence, or the content is stale. They won’t find you.

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5 Ways To Make Innovation A Priority In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s pervasive Internet and a global economy, the opportunities are endless. In all cases, even with the right mindset, it’s important to remember that coming up with innovative ideas and implementing them requires more than a flash of inspiration, and much perspiration.

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Book: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Feld Thoughts

In 1998, when I started ending up with lots of shares in public Internet companies, I came up with a formulaic approach for any public equities that are distributed to me (either from our funds or other VC funds). But, once again, after reading Flash Boys, the cliche “Wall Street Always Wins” rings true in my brain.

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The Perfect Investor

Growthink Blog

Both of which beg the question as to whether the “Buffett Way” is still the way to win in this global, technological age of ours? They Focus on Global Market Opportunities. WhatsApp for Communication, and Nest for the Internet of Things. Think Dropbox for Storage, AirBnB for Travel. They Will Possess a “Modern” Morality.

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Twitter Link Roundup #95 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. Global Web Design Trends: South America – [link]. Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds – [link]. Pricing Tables – Professional and Effective Examples – [link].

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: miiCard

crowdSPRING Blog

miiCard– which stands for “My Internet Identity”– is an identify verification service using your email address, your mobile phone, and your online banking account to prove you are actually you. miiCard is like flashing your driver’s license or passport on the internet.

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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

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