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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates).

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Focus on awareness and metrics are keys to success

Up and Running

These students are typically attracted to Internet and technology start-ups, given that these share favourable industry characteristics such as significant addressable markets, low barriers to entry, modest initial capital requirements and relatively low costs of customer acquisition. These entrepreneurs soon find out it is not.

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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

I’m on there as a mentor, and I’m mentoring a guy in Nigeria, who’s starting a business. At least it wasn’t for me, and people in my social network. People more and more now with the internet, now having been around for how many years now? How long has the internet been around? I get to pick and choose who I want.