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Leveraging your social networks for crowdfunding success [Guest post by RocketHub]

VC Cafe

With the advent of modern social networking (and sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), we are more connected to our extended network of friends and supporters than ever before. RocketHub wants to empower the people behind the projects, and leverage their social networks to get more done. Build a Team. Meet the Press.

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Hey White Guys, You’re Invited!

Austin Startup

At the popular South Congress Hotel , post-Latina magazine’s Latinas in Tech panels, my fellow inquisitor, Bostonian Maribel Mendoza, a longtime volunteer for national network Latinas in STEM, thought maybe they needed a direct invitation. That “White Guys” might be afraid of being “called out as the only white guys” in the room.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share The Movies That Motivates Them

Hearpreneur

15- The Social Network Photo Credit: Samuel Park One movie that motivates me is The Social Network, which tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, built one of the most successful tech companies in the world. Thanks to Jackie Lange, Panama Relocation Tours ! #17-

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I loved learning and practicing persuasion, negotiation techniques and networking. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean. I was (still am!)

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I also like the work I did (on cS) for a social networking site, where the brand name of the site was a pun on the name of an historical figure. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. Ah yes, that’s an all-too-common problem. Maybe I should post a project on cS! I like projects that use humor and irony.