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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

By the end of 1994 I had a staff job, reporting to the co-chairmen of AmeriData where I travelled all over the US helping with acquisitions and generally causing trouble. During one of the long conversations we had at the time about our future, we started talking about calling it quits and moving to Homer, Alaska.

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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

The Next Web

This is why marketing and user acquisition is crucial to startup success. You wouldn’t want to market this item to people in Alaska, would you? You’ll figure out marketing later. No, just because you’ve built something you feel is worthy of a doubletake, doesn’t mean anyone else feels the same way. You can still think big and go niche.

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5 Types of Content That Every Business Must Employ

Duct Tape Marketing

The word content is confusing enough as it’s bantered around these days, but it’s also difficult for many small business owners to come up with a big picture view of the role content plays in the acquisition of clients. I’m in Alaska this week so I’ll be sharing some photos from their in my posts.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Mergers and Acquisitions. Content Licensing. CRM Systems. Database Marketing. Digital Delivery. Distribution. Editorial Services. Email and Fax Services. Fulfillment. Insert Media Brokers. Mobile Content. Paper Merchants. Production Software. Publication. Publishers Representative. Publishing Solutions. Reader Service and Lead Generation.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. But the company began to struggle after its relationship with Yahoo Inc. fell apart early that year, Mr. Dreymann says. A Yahoo spokeswoman declined to comment. Soon after, Mr. Dreymann turned over his Goodmail keys to a corporate liquidator. Special Trades. For Lease. -

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

One of my jobs in the past was consulting measures and acquisitions. And you need to look at the data very critically, because the other side of the merger or acquisition is actually trying to frame all the information in a way that is beneficial to that side and against your side. Hawaii and Alaska defacto have closed borders.