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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. But the fact that it managed to get thousands of people to take blind action (before the site even launched) with so much competition for early adopters is quite powerful. To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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How Virtual Assistants Are Reshaping The Business Landscape

Duct Tape Marketing

Joe focuses on helping small- to medium-sized businesses and currently owns and manages a number of digital companies that are fully run by virtual assistants, including: Level 9 Virtual, Wedding Booking System, Engaged.app and Campground Digital. You can find it @marketingassessment.co, not.com, dot co.

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100 Most Inspiring People On Twitter

YoungUpstarts

stevepavlina : Get productivity tips from Steve Pavlina, blogger, author, and expert time manager, here. Read through the feed of management expert Jack Welch. There are loads of inspirational tidbits to help you be a better leader and manager. jack_welch : Need a little inspiration to get your business off of the ground?

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

From entry-level employees to managers to entrepreneurs, the only way to create long-term sustainability is to develop people who will continue to lead. To offset this, we have focused on finding investing partners who believe in our vision for TravelSOUL and in us as co-founders to bring that vision to life. Thanks to Anne C.

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5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the Navy SEALs

Seeing Both Sides

Will was kind enough to introduce me to a SEAL classmate of his, Brendan Rogers (SEAL 1990-2000), who joined me and 20 NYC CEOs/founders from the tech scene last night to talk about the SEALs - the training, the planning and the operations behind their combat operations - as well as draw out some relevant lessons for entrepreneurs.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

We also have built a team of remote employees located in different places of the world, and thanks to platforms such as Slack or Facebook workplace, we communicate daily and have managed to build a strong company culture. To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem.