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7 Key Startup Activities Where Follow-Up Is Critical

Startup Professionals Musings

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

New enterprise resource planning software (ERPs) – new startups that build software that helps businesses run. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

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Helping And Inspiring Small Business Entrepreneurs All Across America

Duct Tape Marketing

Helping And Inspiring Small Business Entrepreneurs All Across America written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. With events in over 45 cities around the country, the Small Business Expo has built a community that supports the growth of small businesses and brings people together all across America.

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Tips For Launching Influencer Campaigns For Your E-Commerce

YoungUpstarts

Take a look at your social networks. And before launching any campaigns, you should make sure your social networks are up-to-date and appropriately branded. Aim for consistency and coherency between the content, aesthetics and information displayed on your website and social networks. You choose an influencer based in Madrid.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. One of those partnerships is with Startup America , who was also featured at the lunch. Startup America is an example. We invest in Code for America (“Peace Corps for Geeks”).

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. So let’s reveal the e-commerce trends of 2022 and predict the trends for 2023, or, as we may say, crack the Da Vinci code. People love reviews, and everyone reads them before making a purchase.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?