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The rules of success are changing

The Next Web

I remember how nervous I was when I met the competitor to my first startup, in 1997, afraid as I was that I would accidentally slip him an important piece of information that he would be able to use against me. There is room for more than one social network, photo-sharing app or technology news blog.

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Lean In Or Get Out: 11 Tips For Using Your Expertise To Create A Wickedly Successful Business

YoungUpstarts

A recent American Express OPEN study shows that women-owned businesses are playing a significant role in job creation (second only to publicly traded companies) and that the number of women-owned businesses has increased by 59 percent since 1997. There are tons of books, websites, blogs, podcasts, etc.,

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Provides publishers innovative site-search tools that enhance user engagement ( icanhazcheeseburger.com and Fred Wilson’s blog avc.com use Lijit as does Feld.com [but he's an investor]).

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10 Tips To Help You Build A Successful Small Business Brand

Duct Tape Marketing

Your brand lives in everyday interactions with your customers, the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, and in your posts on social networks. You can follow Ross on Twitter @rosskimbarovsky and @crowdSPRING and on the crowdSPRING Small Business Blog.

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What Is It That You’re ALWAYS Selling?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Through this weekly column on Yaro Starak’s blog, that’s what I am doing too. It’s this article by Tom Peters I read way back in 1997 that shifted a paradigm in my business thinking, and got me working on a strategy to brand myself. That’s how marketing on social media works. You are unique.

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Should You Get Rid of Your Website’s Lead Forms?

ConversionXL

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! billion MAUs for the top four social networks. billion MAUs for the top four social networks. Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology. It’s been around since the mid-1990s.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Start our FREE Business Blogging Course! A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Aug 18, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT. #1) Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. Accepting submissions.