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Back to The Future: Power of SMS-Native

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It is the one message-space on your phone that you always pay attention to: SMS text messages. And SMS text messages are at the top. Yes, there is something truly special about SMS… it’s: Universal. Most important, yet the most subtle, SMS implies a personal interaction. They don’t. Call it the ultimate priority inbox.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade

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Then Umashankar Balasubramanian of RDimensio pitched an SMS-based classified service. He is using natural language processing to translate free text SMS queries to classified queries, and then translating the responses back to SMS format. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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At that time, SMS was still costly. They gathered almost $30,000 in two months and were invited to a training session for a startup incubator, where they received training and $20,000 in cash. One of my favorite business turnarounds is the story of the founders of WhatsApp. billion in revenue annually.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. RingCentral embraces text messages with new SMS tools.

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Open to All: Scholarships for The Lean Startup Conference

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Early-stage entrepreneurs; people participating in startrup incubator or accelerator programs; and bootstrappers. Individuals can apply, but the scholarship application form is designed for a community leader to bring in a group from a geographic area or from an incubator/accelerator program. Here are the details for each group.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: High-Octane Energy In Pune

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Last up was Pratik Rokade pitching Wish Them Today , a paid SMS birthday reminder service. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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Startup Tools

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