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Market Traders Institute Investor Advice on Market Trends

The Startup Magazine

Social Media. Not only are financial journals now engaged on social media, thought leaders in investing are pointing their fingers at critical changes in the economy. That’s why Jacob Martinez states that Market Traders Institute pours critical resources into its SmartTrader software.

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The impact of social media on cryptocurrency prices and market trends

Transformify

The pricing and movements of cryptocurrencies are influenced by many different variables, but social media has grown to be a significant player in these marketplaces. We will look at how social media affects cryptocurrency pricing and market movements in this post.

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Six Companies That Were Targeted In 2017: Seven Lessons We Can Learn From Their Struggles

YoungUpstarts

Procter & Gamble, the biggest company ever targeted this way, made headlines in 2017 when Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners demanded, and ultimately won, a seat on its board. One thing’s for sure: No company is immune to activist investors. Activist Investor Target: CSX Railroad. Lesson 2: Make bureaucracy your enemy.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

It also has a considerable online presence on key social media platforms. The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. It has annual sales exceeding $100 million and, since it was founded, has some in excess of 4.5 million sunglasses units. Hawkers has thrived online. Humble Beginnings.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

It also has a considerable online presence on key social media platforms. The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. It has annual sales exceeding $100 million and, since it was founded, has some in excess of 4.5 million sunglasses units. Hawkers has thrived online. Humble Beginnings.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Thus, VCs have the upper hand.

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