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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production. Austin, this time?—?to

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How a Small Business Can Compete With the Big Guys at SEO

Up and Running

Do you have a niche product or service? If you are a local business, you’ve got a better chance of standing out for “credit card processing Arlington Heights” than “credit card processing Chicago.” Every primary product or service keyword phrase should have its own page on your website. Look for “long tail” terms.

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9 Things to Know About Influencing Purchasing Decisions

ConversionXL

Product quality and seller reputation matter , goes without saying. What about when the product matches the customer’s needs and wants, and they trust the seller? If you sell commodity products, you might want to look into pulling reviews from an external site to have more of them. The same goes for products and purchases.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. ERA was undercapitalized and always looking for other products to sell. As far as the public knew, ERA’s products were for “the Navy.” The ERA 1101 and 1103 became a part of the UNIVAC product line.

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Veteran-owned Business Closing The Gap Between Gender and Work Leadership Gaps

Hearpreneur

I came to the EDA at the very end of 1983, after working for a decade for Arlington County. At that time, development in Arlington was slowing down, while Fairfax County, which had a lot of land for development was becoming much more aggressive about attracting and retaining businesses and jobs, and generating wealth.

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric is espousing a different way to build companies," says Kevin Dewalt, 40, an entrepreneur in Arlington, Va., Mr. Riess Lean Startup philosophy aims to help new companies make speedier decisions by taking a more disciplined approach to testing products and ideas and using the resulting customer feedback.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

&# Know who you are looking for : Sometimes people start off by saying “I need to find a Rails person&# – they’ve heard Ruby on Rails is a great framework for building web products, so they’ve pre-decided to use it. Tech cofounders want the freedom to use their favorite language, stack, tools, etc. Catchy tune.