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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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[Review] YOUtility

YoungUpstarts

In fact, shoppers in 2011 need 10.4 Doing so ensures that the firm is able to keep up with changing customer needs, shifts in technology and emerging superior ideas. Meijer’s Find-It app which allows shoppers to find products anywhere in the store using indoor mapping technology. Keeping Score.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

The Skyworks Solutions growth is largely due to its key involvement in IoT, payments on mobile devices, and Internet connectivity. GoPro’s High Tech Wearable Cameras. This growth comes in spite of a string of declining net sales from the fiscal period of 2011 (40.6 Amazon Excels With Delivery Services.

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7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Video To Grow Their New Business

Duct Tape Marketing

In our example, we take a look at the 2011 start-up Dollar Shave Club and their viral video “Our Blades Are F ing Great”. You can use this opportunity to showcase your product as well as share “visual reviews” with the world. Is your product tech? Everybody loves a good story, give them one!

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. They were targeting “tech start-ups”… thus, primarily, young men. They will remember your follow through and diligent work efforts. What is Hera Hub?

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. eBay – Derived from Founder Pierre Omidyar’s consulting company, Echo Bay Technology Group. After a great deal of buildup, the name was proudly announced: “Soar.”

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MBAs vs the Education Market: The Rise of Education Startups

ithacaVC

Here is a guest post from Emma Collins that looks at the growth of education-technology ventures, and what these new models may mean for the future of both learning and business. Over the past few years, a growing number of education-tech companies have seen a surge in funding from venture capitalists.