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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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Small and medium size business owners can set up online customer support platforms that combine the backend help desk system used by agents (ticketing, knowledge management) with an online customer portal (self service, forums, idea management, voting, etc) on the front end.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 2 Really Cool Companies

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Then Taariq Lewis from San Francisco, California, presented Stanzr, a lightweight online events platform specifically focused on moving qualified leads generated through webinars towards a close. The next two customer acquisition strategies we will be expanding on are more aggressive guerrilla p.r. Taariq is also a 1M/1M premium member.

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Startup firms partnering with government? Really?

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They excite investors because some offer great revenue potential. Neither investors nor entrepreneurs like long sales cycles. Cities that are currently participating in the Startups in Residence program include the California cities of Oakland, San Leandro and San Francisco, and Washington D.C.

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Beware The Consultant

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Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage.

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