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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

Sure, the barriers to entry are lower, and customers are one mere click away from their growing social networks. For example, if you are selling a service where the core market is a local audience in the UK, traffic from Nigeria is not going to be of much use. These entrepreneurs soon find out it is not. But the noise.

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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. Then you pick what are the types of areas you want help in. Then the system will match you with mentors who say they have expertise in those places. There’s an art to making an ask.