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Startup Accelerator The Brandery Opens Applications For 2013

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Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup accelerator the Brandery is currently accepting applications for its 2013 edition of its four-month acceleration program for brand-driven consumer Internet startups. The 2013 class of 10 companies will be announced on June 1.

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New Crowdfunding Site CrowdIt To Incorporate Mentoring, Networking

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CrowdIt ( www.crowdit.com ) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by building an online community, as well as incorporating elements of mentoring, peer review and business networking for inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs and other associated dreamers.

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2013 Top 10 Storage Trends: Hitachi Data Systems

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This is one of the questions that was pondered over by Hubert Yoshida, vice president and chief technology officer of Hitachi Data System s, as he shared his top ten predictions on data storage trends for 2013 in a media briefing recently. He predicts the following IT industry trends in 2013: 1. Dramatic Changes in OPEX and CAPEX.

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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

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Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal.

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8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity. In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it.

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Speak at the 2013 Lean Startup Conference

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Exciting news: we’ve nailed down dates for The Lean Startup Conference 2013. This is the fourth year of the conference, and we’re acting on feedback last year’s attendees shared with us: as Lean Startup practices have evolved, you want in-depth talks, new speakers with fresh stories, and more time for structured networking and mentoring.

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How Social Networks Impact Buying Decisions And The Modern Consumer Society

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That’s up from 10 percent in 2013. Kishore was the CEO of Pari Networks recently, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2011. Currently Kishore is Founder at Nuviso Networks and Infore. By Kishore Kumar, CEO of AllThingsMine. Consumers are beginning to trust social media more and more for their buying decisions.