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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

Paul Graham’s Startup Curve – avoid the “through of sorrow”! Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it).

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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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7 Steps To A Memorable New Venture Marketing Rollout

Startup Professionals Musings

Even within the digital marketing arena, there are a thousand alternatives, vying for your limited budget. Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media?

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How To Begin Using Social Media In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Identify your sustainable competitive advantage, like unique benefits, cost savings, or industry ties. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one? Here are the key components: The problem and your solution.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee. Well, for one thing, being lucky enough to have a startup that covers a particular area of tech Google is curious about right now (and naturally keeps close to its chest). Like Tweet.

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Too Busy for Social Media Marketing Could Be Fatal

Startup Professionals Musings

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.