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Taking A Chance On Life

YoungUpstarts

After years owning and operating my own companies, I found myself at age sixty-four in a senior executive position with a manufacturing and distribution company, doing work I liked and making a contribution. It was easy to keep up with corporate responsibilities in an age of technology.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

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Most good entrepreneurs are experts in something—a particular technology, an industry, or a skill. How else can you define a sales process or know what to look for when you hire a sales manager or seek distribution partnerships? Seemingly small things, like ordering alcohol at a lunch meeting with investors can send a bad signal.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

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Atlanta Technology Angels. SeedStep Angels (Oklahoma). The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. BELLE Capital (Michigan). Boise Angel Alliance. Centennial (Missouri). First Angel Network (Halifax). Queen City Angels (Cincinnati). Number: 30.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

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Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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eMedia & Technology. ADVERTISEMENT. ); ); ); Home » emedia and Technology. RECENTLY in emedia and Technology. Merging Brands with Technology. Merging Brands with Technology. Insight, trends, technology and more on. Publishing Technology. Distribution. . --> By Topic. Audience Development.

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Twitter Link Roundup #188 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. MIT Technology Review – [link]. Why Microsoft’s Reorganization Is Not About Technology | by Gene Marks, Forbes – [link]. Oklahoma Surgery Center makes surgery pricing transparent to customers – [link].

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Whats on your technology toolbelt? Semiconductors.