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Building A Tech Startup: Avoiding Silicon Valley Mishaps

YoungUpstarts

If everyone is oriented on technical skills and public relations are suffering, look to soft skills. Worse yet, your fundraising history might actively work against you if you opened the floodgates too soon or handed out too much stock in return for small investments. Predicting what the industry needs is key for any startup.

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Twitter Link Roundup #238 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Stock option questions startup employees should ask | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1n8lUje. Why entrepreneurs should learn to say “I don’t know” more often – crowdspring.co/1pGXXeF. “the people you fire are more important to your [company''s] culture than the people you hire.”

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10 Big Ideas For Small Business Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Keep your inventory stocked. And yet, according to our research, only 14% of small businesses outsource their marketing, public relations, and advertising. But you can be sensitive to where your customers or clients’ heads are at. So basically, be trustworthy. And if you are trusted, protect that reputation.

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Twitter Link Roundup #242 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Startup Equity and Stock Options: What’s It Worth to You? A Counterintuitive System for Startup Compensation – crowdspring.co/1zRImmt. 10 Ways to Make Your Relationship With Your Co-Founder A Success – crowdspring.co/1sSi21Y. – crowdspring.co/1sSpg62.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

By founding Daily Dog Stuff, our motive is to encourage health awareness regarding dogs and furnishing information related to any medical casualties. And I came up with the name by discussing it with my co-founders and the reason behind the name stock is With stocks you can get the best of the world. Photo Credit: Alisa Nemova.

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

My favorite two quotes of the weekend were: “Never trade your cat for somebody else’s dog” (referring to selling your company for stock to another privately held company – quote was from Alan. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. Nail it before you scale it” – I missed who said this but I love this quote.

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Twitter Link Roundup #193 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Can crowdfunding fill stock market’s ‘black hole’ for startups and small businesses? | Product/Market Fit is a Continuum | Startup Management – [link]. Important lessons in scarcity, premiums & tiers – [link]. 4 Lessons Jeff Bezos Learned From Failure – [link]. The Washington Post – [link].