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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Unsolicited foreign investors that contact you on the Internet need extra scrutiny. Pump and dump stock schemes. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

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What Stock Brokers Do and How to Engage their Services

The Startup Magazine

For many entrepreneurs and startups, investing in stocks is a good option for building more capital. So knowing more about stocks and trading is critical. A stock, which can also be referred to as a share or equity, is a proof of ownership of a fraction or part of a business entity. Who Is a Stock Broker and What Do They Do?

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Google’s Latest Gadgets And The Impact On Its Stock Price

YoungUpstarts

Although Google has derived most of its success in the internet and software service sectors, its forays into hardware promise to boost its future revenue potential. In its annual fall gala, Google announced gadgets that will likely have an impact on the company’s stock price in the future. The Chromecast 2.0 and Chromecast Audio.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if your business is purely local, growth must always be a priority, and you need to utilize all these digital channels available to you today, as well as traditional media channels and industry forums: Maintain an active current presence on the Internet. Acknowledge every customer feedback and review.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago. billion of GE stock – about 1.5%

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Flickr by ivanpw Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Unsolicited foreign investors that contact you on the Internet need extra scrutiny. Pump and dump stock schemes. Phantom fund investors.

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The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or …

Feld Thoughts

Yesterday I read Kara Swisher’s post What Does the Recent Tech Stock Downturn Mean? In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. A few weeks later Internet stocks started to fall.

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