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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

At 30, I had built one of the best professional networks in New York City--a market that was on the verge of passing Boston as the second largest startup ecosystem in the country. They only measure accomplishments. They don''t measure skills, network, and the changing nature of the ecosystem around you.

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5 Simple Guidelines to Achieve The Right Marketing Mix

Up and Running

Ask any marketer to explain his trade and he will say that it is all about placing the right product in the right place, at the right price and at the right time. The right approach would be to arrive at a marketing mix that will help you consistently win new sales while sustaining customer lifetime value over a long period of time.

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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. Joe Carlen is the co-founder of Value Guards, LLC and a practitioner of business valuation, patent valuation, and market assessment.

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5 Ways Building a Brand Makes Your Small Business Stand Out

Up and Running

If there is one critical marketing teaching I could bestow, it would be the importance of first identifying, and then attracting your ideal audience—your target market. . The majority of small businesses face some sort of competition or at least comparison to other companies in their market.

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Hope to Meet Up On the Road

Duct Tape Marketing

Hope to Meet Up On the Road written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Well, summer is definitely over and that means fall conference season is in full bloom. Referral Marketing' If you’re in one of those cities reach out and let’s put something together!

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. You have to chase Fortune 500 customers in places like Dallas, Atlanta, LA, NY, and Chicago by clever sales and marketing if you want to maintain your base in laid-back Austin.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. If you want to launch a new business, this is a great market to launch from because you can easily reach all of the major Texas cities with one office. Being part of a big and growing market is a big asset when crowdfunding?—?and Edward’s University.

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