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8 Challenges For Startups With A Neighborhood Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Word-of-mouth and cheap viral marketing won’t build critical masses of users, curated content, and direct sales forces. It also shows how such a website can scale by adding new cities.

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5 South-Asian Children’s Books for Women’s Day

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We have more books curated for kids in our March Maker Box. Our student reporter, Taesung Tao shares his pick of South-Asian children’s books for Women’s Day today. Along with the book recommendations, Maker Box members can attend a FREE StoryTime. This March, we have a story time celebrating South-Asian women.

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5 Asian Children’s Books On Love for Valentine’s Day

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These books (and a lot more) are curated by age […] The post 5 Asian Children’s Books On Love for Valentine’s Day appeared first on Peerbagh. Love can take on many forms – self-love, familial love, romance, and more. Here is a collection of young adult and children’s books on love for February.

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If You Want To Start a Business Start Here

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I have been able to curate a list of free online courses, videos, webinars, and other useful resources that should give you the confidence boost to get out there and get started. The American Fact Finder site. See Also: Business Startup Tools: A Curated List of Our Favorite Tools and Resources to Build Your Company. Break it up.

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Hyperlocal Has Great Potential And Real Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Word-of-mouth and cheap viral marketing won’t build critical masses of users, curated content, and direct sales forces. It also shows how such a website can scale by adding new cities.

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The ‘have you seen’ society

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A community of finders, fans and agents. While curating the cool stuff has a value, and we all do it, there is a simple thing we should remember - Without creation than can be no curation. And curation is always subservient to what is being created. A society where people want to be first to know and first to show.

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The 15 Best Movies for Entrepreneurs of 2015

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If you’re looking for a movie recommendation, I’ve curated this list of 15 films from 2015 that are worth your time. Finders Keepers. You have to see it to believe it, but “Finders Keepers” delivers an unforgettable story of two men fighting over who legally owns something: the man who lost his own leg, or the man who found it.

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