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Life, Death And Gold: Remembering The Panic Of 1857

YoungUpstarts

The New York branch of the Cincinnati-based Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed in late August 1857, felled by an embezzlement scandal. Reports of financial instability in New York quickly carried between cities by the new telecommunications medium, the telegraph , which spread more fear than information.

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Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet Some of Austin’s Female Founders

Austin Startup

Laura grew up in Iowa where she received degrees in computer science and english from the University of Iowa. Post graduation, she pursued a career with IBM in New York City. Her parents immigrated to the United States to provide their future children with better opportunities. She is married with two beautiful children.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. Here, digital audience marketers chime in on the ones they’re using now, and why. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Marketing/Communications/PR. City & Regionals.

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No Logical Relation Between Employment And Health Care: Kenneth Arrow

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Born in New York City in 1921, at 51, Mr. Arrow was the youngest person ever to receive the award. Government must intervene to correct market deviations. Today, she is President of Wick Financial , a strategic marketing firm that helps community banks improve performance. by Cara Wick, President of Wick Financial.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. The New York startup scene is vibrant and launching companies that play to NYs great strengths which are many. Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. 7 Best Practices, Bonus Tips

Occam's Razor

You struggle to get budget to hire Analysts or Marketers. Your head is sore from banging it to get funding for a new CMS. If you are spending "a lot" on AdWords and AdCenter, this can be a excellent add on to track conversions offline due to your Search Engine Marketing (SEM) campaigns. Not that hard.

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