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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. 1) Twitter.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues.

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The Future of Small Business SEO (Hint: It’s About Content)

Duct Tape Marketing

Make no mistake; quality links pointing to your website are still really important. It’s just that content marketing and social network participation are (collectively) more important. Low cost, high volume offshore link building is not only dead, it’s super risky. Social Networking.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). What’s Next in 2012….

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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

To this day they have auctioned off $55m worth of websites with 55% of website sales ending above it’s initial sales price. A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. Even Perez Hilton blogged about Flippa because of its relationship to FaceSmash and Social Network.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people. Nearly all of your costs will be headcount, primarily in the engineering department.

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The Best Free Email Marketing Tool for Startups and Small Businesses

Up and Running

MailChimp is affordable; their New Business Forever Free plan is no cost for up to 2,000 subscribers (you can send up to 12,000 emails per month)—no trial period, no contract, not even a credit card required. I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns.

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