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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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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. Engage with the business community. You go where the other listeners are.

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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. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Maxine Ramirez. 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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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Back in the days of straight advertising, it was important to have a name that explained what your company specialised in so the audience would be drawn to it. If you do not connect with your audience in a strategic way, then you will not see results. Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches.

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Five Things We Learned from Starting a Community Radio Station

Up and Running

Like most other community radio stations, Radio Boise is a not-for-profit organization. There’s also a small group of steadfast individuals, including community members, who help keep the station up and running. Here are five things they learned from starting a community radio station. What is the goal of community radio?

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Hunter Walk: I know you started Dogster, one of the seminal early online communities, but I don’t know Dogster’s founding story. Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). How did the site come about?