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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

In a rigorous study, Howard Aldrich, Martin Ruef, and Nancy Carter found that entrepreneurs pick founding team members based on trust and people who are similar to them, not based on identifying people with the most-needed skills (see the 2003 paper).

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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

In a rigorous study, Howard Aldrich, Martin Ruef, and Nancy Carter found that entrepreneurs pick founding team members based on trust and people who are similar to them, not based on identifying people with the most-needed skills (see the 2003 paper).

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Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

It’s simple; know how to spot potential and use your area of expertise to identify whether or not this startup’s product or service will become a lucrative asset to its audience. Emmanuel de Watteville, General Partner and Co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, has been part of the startup ecosystem since 2003.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

It benefits us because we’ve similar target audiences which reduces our trial and error. For customer loyalty ideas and strategies, for determination of offers and incentives, that’s attractive for the target audience. Photo Credit: Maxine Ramirez. Thanks to Eric Jones, Couture Candy ! #12- 12- Advanced Micro Devices(AMD).

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. Its very intuitive dashboard is getting lot of traction today among a wide audience. Think twice about who your target audience is. So what we can learn?

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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Four years later, comedian Adam Carolla made headlines for his audience of nearly 60 million. The latest member of this elite media club is the humble podcast.

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3 Simple Ways to Empower Your Customers to Sell For You :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

I was speaking at a small event when an audience member came up and told me they had followed me for years, read my books and were really excited to meet me. 1) Let me introduce you I discovered the power of this first tactic quite by accident. Now that’s a happy customer!