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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Network for Good, Global Giving, Mission Fish (behind ebay’s GivingWorks). Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt. Now that we have 50+ partners, we want to scale. We just moved to s.co

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Culture Isn’t Everything: 3 (Other) Traits Vital To Your Business’s Success

YoungUpstarts

Most people enjoy reflecting on their days by taking walks after dinner, talking with their partners, or simply sitting in silence for a bit. Zvi Band is the founder and CEO of Contactually , a relationship-marketing platform that maximizes value and drives greater ROI from personal and professional networks. Long-Term Thinking.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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The Power Of Regret

Duct Tape Marketing

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by business made simple hosted by Donald Miller and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network business made simple, takes the mystery out of growing your business. He lives in DC with his family.

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2 Out-Of-The-Box Ways To Generate Referrals

Duct Tape Marketing

I cover the last two approaches that are particularly unique but have extremely potent potential: creating your own expert networking club and building a referral mastermind system. Topics I cover: [1:38] The sixth approach is creating your own expert networking club. [2:59] 2:59] Where strategic partners can fit into this idea. [3:25]

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A Credit Card and a Dream: How We Owned #SXSW for $221.96, Roundtrip

Austin Startup

As we — myself and my cofounder, Victor Etongwe — drive through Dandridge, TN, still 6 hours and 38 minutes from our headquarters in Washington, DC I am reflecting on our very first appearance at #SXSW which has grown to be much more than just a music festival. Leverage partners. Especially for startups, partners are key.

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

The Next Web

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 8) Angry Birds.

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