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Eight Ways To Get Past The Fear Of “No”  And Start Risking Rejection

YoungUpstarts

Maybe you’re using too much technical jargon. If a prospective partner isn’t a good fit or if you don’t think a vendor’s services are worth the cost, verbalize that decision. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Let’s people sell premium digital content online without dealing with any of the technical stuff. Like somebody who is more of a technical person, versus just learning the new technologies myself and implementing something. The one thing that you might be able to do is outsource the development costs of it. Jason: Right.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. NYU just widened the door for more people to benefit from and contribute to their network, at nominal cost. I wrote a blog post on this. Data-informed instant mentoring.