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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

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They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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How to Have the Best Opening Day Ever

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You’ve secured your funding. Partner with your local Chamber of Commerce and hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Katherine of CycleBar recalls how they partnered with their local chamber of commerce for their ribbon cutting ceremony, which was a huge success. You’ve planned your business carefully. Opening a brewery?

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Birthing the Start Up Baby

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Guerilla Innovation – Chapter 11. Until now the focus of this online-blogged-book on small business innovation has been a guerilla innovation mindset. You’re willing to jump in, but your partner isn’t. Working for someone else feels more secure, but it really isn’t, as nearly 8% of the USA population has learned.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. Every day hackers demonstrate how weak the security of our corporate and government resources are. with my colleague Ben Horowitz. The ultimate in asymmetric warfare.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

We had no intention of going public, or having to secure formal investment,” he says. Funding for this venture came from a venture capital company which would later become one of our primary partners,” he explains. Plenty of your focus should go into social media marketing and more “guerilla marketing” tactics. “I

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? There is no cookie-cutter formula.