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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. In Accel that’s Rich Wong.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. might have been a lot less differentiated. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. For years I saw companies pitching themselves as “mobile coupon companies&# and I never believed this would be a big idea.

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

Do not go for very complicated and demanding graphics. Conduct your research and find what works best, for example many online casinos allow customers to deposit and withdraw via their mobile phone bill using a premium rate SMS service. The content on your site needs to be unique to differentiate it from your competitors.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. Popular categories include web developers, mobile developers, designers, writers, and accountants. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners).

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Important Lessons Your Startup Or Small Business Can Learn From The World’s Best Brands

crowdSPRING Blog

Sometimes called “Gen Y”, millennials are the much sought after generation born between 1980 and 2000. Startups are better at detecting and unlocking emerging and latent demand. Responding to this purchasing promiscuity, brands tried to reach consumers at the exact right moment to trigger a sale, increasingly on mobile.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Mobile Apps and App stores – a new ecosystem was created and it’s here to stay (Check out LogiaGroup, Waze and Cellint).

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Alex Su, the owner of Tpumps Tea Store wanted to implement a mobile-only loyalty program vs. one that uses plastic cards, figuring it would be cool with his customers because they seemed “hip”.

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