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5 Ways Writing a Book Will Kick-Start Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, most good business people I know agree, but don’t know where to start. I had the same problem before my first book, but I find that all the information you need these days is easily found on the Internet, or in a good book on the subject, like the new one I just finished, “ How to Self-Publish Your Book ,” by Dr. Jan Yager.

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Why Do VC’s Invest in Companies with No Business Model?

Rob Go

How is that possible given that the company isn’t making any money and doesn’t have any business model?” Why would you put money into services like Instagram, Tumblr, or others before any real business model is in place? The answer is that investors do generally care about business models.

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IoT Startup Hologram Hires Mike Georgoff as Chief Product Officer

Austin Startup

Georgoff’s has extensive experience and expertise with developing and launching software as a service (SaaS) products and scaling a variety of business models. revenue, device usage, lead generation and team members. We’re thrilled to welcome Mike to our team. Hologram recently announced it has grown in four main areas?—?revenue,

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Location-Based Services are a Bonanza for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Internet marketers see it as a better way to target consumers, and even retarget them to close a sale. But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly than this to tracking, navigation solutions, safety, security, local business search, and payments. Lead generation. See who is checking into your business.

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A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Build A Profitable Niche Content Website

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In my first post titled, Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship? , In my next two posts, I discussed just one of the several gigs mentioned in the initial post, which discussed how I started, grew and sold an e-commerce business for $250,000. The business model is simple.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . Keren Moynihan, CEO, Boss Insights , said, “Last week at an industry function, we asked a high rolling VC, “how’s your lead gen?” So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’

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Maximizing Your Marketing Impact With Fractional CMOs

Duct Tape Marketing

Additionally, it’s important to consider the power of strategic marketing alliances throught this model and how this can have the potential to bring fresh ideas from other industries into a business to drive growth and success. I mean, if, is there a way to scale a business model like that? Let me lay it out.