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[Review] Rubies In The Orchard

YoungUpstarts

I learned that most juices of exotic “superfruits” like pomegranate or cranberry are often diluted with “fillers” like apple, pear or grape juice. The sections on POM Wonderful, the billion dollar global business focused on 100% pomegranate juice, were especially enlightening. Image source.

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Stock options: Guard the Gold

Berkonomics

Such service providers as web designers, public relations firms, even venture banks granting loans, often offer higher value services for a lesser amount of cash and some amount of stock options or warrants (written promises to sell stock at a set price for a future period in time).

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How Public Speaking Can Increase Your Exposure & Build Your Profile

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

As a public relations professional, I am very much against people speaking on a topic other than what they are trying to build their profile in. Not only does this dilute all your efforts to date, but it results in lost opportunity for you to really cement your reputation in your chosen field.

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Twitter Link Roundup #233 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Pernicious Effect of Dilution in SaaS: The Cold, Hard, Bloody numbers | saastr – crowdspring.co/W6Bwqs. How to Market Test a New Idea | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1vSai6S. Four Unexpected Tips for Keeping Great Employees | by Cameron Herold – crowdspring.co/1vNZc2F.

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn.

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Robust Experimentation and Testing | Reasons for Failure!

Occam's Razor

Public relations. If they are not there, I know there are other dilutive elements in between what I’m trying to do and the Secondary Success. It is everything else: Company. Insights worth testing. Business complexity. Today, from my blood , sweat and tears shed working on the front lines, a set of two reflections: 1.

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Twitter Link Roundup #168 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

“if you really want to dilute your ownership stake quickly, then assume that your vision is perfect.” . – Conversion Tips and Examples | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. When to Sell Your Company | Medium – [link]. When people get confused about “BS metrics” – [link]. ” [link]. – [link].