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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. Founders seem to take for granted exactly how in demand a good programmer is. Simultaneously, founders tend to take for granted how in demand bad programmers are too. There is a huge demand for programmers in America – good and bad.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). So make sure you have a solid PR strategy.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. But as I look at the GRP Partners returns we’ve made a lot of money investing in companies in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Arizona and Seattle. There is no question NY startups get disproportionate press. That’s natural. We know it can be done.

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