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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

The Next Web

You wouldn’t want to market this item to people in Alaska, would you? You can still think big and go niche. Finding your niche will make marketing cheaper, more effective, and easier. Say you create a golfing product. Instead, you should focus on one area and potentially a common theme within your chosen target audience.

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An Aurora Over Alaska

Feld Thoughts

When I opened my daily folder, a beautiful picture of an Aurora Over Alaska graced the front page of APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). Just another reason to love Alaska. Tags: Alaska alaska apod.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Jim Dunlap, CIO of Alaska Telecom discussed with me the increasingly serious problem that telecom vendors are facing due to bandwidth consumption skyrocketing. How do you account for the charge backs to the business units or functional areas? This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution.

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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

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. We didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t have any business there, but it was a lot more centrally located in the US than Homer, Alaska. Life alaska anchorage homer'

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Spending on education expected to reach $10 trillion by 2030, as startups eye new opportunities

The Startup Magazine

These results at partner institutions included a 1400-2100% increase in RSI at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, in addition to 95% of students found social annotation useful in the classroom at Allan Hancock College, and over 1,300 annotations were created over YouTube assignments at Chabot College.

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Two Weeks In Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I have been up at our house in Homer, Alaska for the last two weeks. Tags: Work-Life Balance alaska homer. We try to spent every July up here – something we’ve tried to do every year for the past decade (we missed in 2007 and 2009.) Life is good.

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How Much Does it Cost to Form an LLC? A Guide For Startups

The Startup Magazine

Filing fees for these documents vary between $50-100, however, in Alaska the fee is $250. To formally establish your business, you must submit the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State. This can be done online at the relevant state’s website or through mail at the provided mailing address. Operating Agreement.

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