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Strategy Roundtable: Spotlight On Jacksonville, Florida

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Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. An additional 50 were on the wait-list, an evidence of the energy and enthusiasm that is bubbling in Florida right now. On the business model side, also, some of the assumptions of monetizing with advertising are misplaced. Armex Zero Suit. Dramatically.

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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

That’s where word-of-mouth advertising begins. Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “, has enjoyed a 30-year entrepreneurial career as cofounder of two successful direct marketing companies.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Four Of The Most Influential People In Business Technology

YoungUpstarts

Bezos also earns credit for developing the concept of “predictive analytics,” which targets product listings and advertisements to shoppers based on their shopping history. Mashable’s Founder and CEO, Pete Cashmore, earns props from Forbes as one of “ The 30 Most Influential People in Tech.”

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Harvey Aftermath: How Your Small Business Can Help

Austin Startup

Whether you’re in e-commerce or rely on in-person customers for your service, advertise and donate portions of your sales for the relief fund. Bo Duncan, Left/Right co-founder, advises startups to provide hands-on assistance because it’s easy on the wallet, easy to please, and beneficial to all. You can find their stories here.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

YoungUpstarts

Or maybe you offered an online deal to new customers, only to realize that the discount you advertised was a little too generous and wouldn’t allow you to make any profits. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy. Yes, marketing is far from certain.

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