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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft

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My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. But it still takes time. Last year I began playing with an app called Draft that was in its infancy.

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How to Open a Successful Hair Salon

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Dallas Alleman, the owner of Salon Du Beau Monde in New Orleans, and Avi Shenkar, the owner of Philadelphia-based BLO/OUT , have different backgrounds and different business models, but share similar strategies for success. However, he has opened two BLO/OUT locations in Philadelphia and is working on three other locations.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

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acquisition. Mr. Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. through the Yahoo!

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

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Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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How to Build a Startup Team

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Q&A Wednesday :: Heatwave Interactive

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I was working in England and he was based in Philadelphia. million in Series “A&# financing, and has taken on an additional amount for the acquisition of Gods & Heroes. The “A ha!&# moment occurred when I was introduced to Heatwave’s co-founder through a mutual business contact. The company raised $7.5

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How to Impress Angel Investors and Make It into “Startup Heaven”

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Jessica Magoch, Angel from Philadelphia, PA | Website | Twitter. They should also show that they have measured the cost of reaching that market by comparing a customer’s lifetime value (LTV) to the customer’s acquisition cost (CAC).”. Tweet This Tip. For me it comes down to “Intrapersonal Communication.”