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The Intellectual Social Network

Start Up Blog

Quora is quickly becoming my preferred social network to ‘invest’ time in. Palantir – we’ll build arcane analytics software, put the company in California, hire a bunch of new college grad engineers, many of them immigrants, hire no sales reps, and close giant deals with D.C.-based It will be free.

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10 Keys To Real Innovation In Your Next New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Training and coaching. Idea management.

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10 Steps To A New Venture That Can Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Training and coaching. Idea management.

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How Not To Run Your Own Technology Startup

YoungUpstarts

P.S. Three types of external providers are not mentioned because they are well known: open-source software stacks, domain name (DNS) providers, and marketing/social networking sites. LinkedIn – Leveraging each person in the company’s network. Salesforce.com – Sales lead and sales pipeline management.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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The Small Business Content Marketing Paradox

crowdSPRING Blog

That shouldn’t be surprising – many startups are effectively using content marketing as their inbound sales strategy. create a strategy and implement tactics to distribute and promote your content. create a strategy and implement tactics to distribute and promote your content. ensure that the content is high quality.

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Key Tips For Enhancing Your Team’s Remote Selling Abilities

YoungUpstarts

If you want to help your remote sales team improve their selling abilities, set clear goals first. You may also try using professional social networks; they’re effective in keeping your remote employees connected. Encouraging positive social and professional interaction by conducting annual meetings enables productivity.

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