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3 Ways to Grow Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

If you have managed to pull off success with something that 90% of other start-ups fail at, namely make it through the start-up phase, then you deserve some kudos. Social media campaigns can be incredibly effective means of boosting sales and increasing reach to targeted markets. However, don’t pause for too long admiring your success.

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When Does Zynga Become a Value Stock?

Agile VC

Management Shake-ups – most notably the sudden departure of COO John Schappert and shuffling of Marc Pincus’s direct reports. Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp, etc) Zynga has to spend substantially on sales & marketing to acquire players. But at what point does Zynga become a value play?

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Planning for a Harvest - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

In a lot of startups (especially good ones) the founder/CEO/leader is a customer-oriented sales person. Whether this sale is going to be an LBO or a Private Equity transaction, or a sale to a strategic buyer, the process of selling to the buyer is critical, and overlooked. Managing Company Growth. September 2011.

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