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How to Find the Right Online Communities

David Teten

The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. Filled with conversations worth having and people whom you’d like to meet? Second, I suggest using some of the search engines for finding online communities: Community-Finder. Discord Servers. Google Groups. LinkedIn Groups.

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Why Finders Are Losers

The Startup Lawyer

Whenever a startup considers paying a “finder&# for successful investor introductions, I have the same type of conversation with the founders that goes something like this: – Startup : “Finder&# knows a lot of investors and he’ll introduce us if we pay him [6]% of all capital raised through the introductions.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Harriet Chan, Coco Finder ! #14- Websites that are highly optimized for maximum conversions as well as AI-assisted personalization will increase the customer experience ten-fold. The pandemic sparked widespread conversations surrounding telehealth and there’s no going back. 14- Workcation. Photo Credit: David Angotti.

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12 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Bishal Biswas, Word Finder ! #3- The platform also offers master’s degree programs at a much lower price compared to universities. During the pandemic, the platform became one of the best disruptive technologies offering a solution for many. Photo Credit: Grace Woinicz. One of the best disruptors in today’s world is Stripe.

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Solving the "marketplace" business model

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

These companies typically make money either by charging sellers for listing (akin to the yellow pages) or by charging a sales commission (akin to a "finder's fee"). Or a flat "finders fee" per lead? Happy buyers before the network effect. Leave a comment and join the conversation! So what's the problem?

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney. What do you think of the concepts of visible networking ? and online business networking ?

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Oh, Yes. It’s Been A While….

entrepreMusings

That doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading some really good stuff (mostly short articles): It’s True: You Talk Too Much – How to achieve the optimal 50-50 conversation flow - A Wall Street Journal article written by the writer of The Simpson’s. It’s a very true and funny read!

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