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How to Gauge Business Potential for Your Invention

Startup Professionals Musings

The pain level is not yet high enough for people to buy “green” at twice the cost. Do a patent search, but that doesn’t cover patents in progress, or ones now being written (six month blind spot). Check your elevator pitch, investor presentation, business plan, and your leading comments to friends.

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Technology and Inventions Don’t Make a Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The pain level is not yet high enough for people to buy “green” at twice the cost. Do a patent search, but that doesn’t cover patents in progress, or ones now being written (six month blind spot). Check your elevator pitch, investor presentation, business plan, and your leading comments to friends.

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How to Make Profits Serve a Purpose With Your Startup

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One of these fields is green energy. Recently, Bill Gates established a $1 billion dollar fund called Breakthrough Energy Ventures , expressly for the purpose of investing in green energy startups. This high profile fund is exciting because it means the solution to green energy is simply not there yet.

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Resources for Global Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

One of the fastest is to use Google to search for it. It’s even better if you can make your search specific by including the name of the bank you’re looking for information on. It’s even better if you can make your search specific by including the name of the bank you’re looking for information on. First, what’s your question?

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How to Use LinkedIn Groups to Generate Quality Leads Continuously

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Firstly, go to your LinkedIn dashboard, and search for a button that says “Business” at the top. LinkedIn Advanced Search. Since LinkedIn’s new UI actually makes it harder to use the Advanced search function, let’s use our trusty friend, Google. Go to the top of your browser, and type in “LinkedIn Advanced Search”.

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Startup Resources

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Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Â Search for apps tools. Google Custom Search Engine. Elevator Pitches. Search Engine Optimization Tools. Outlook plugin to search. Updated Business tools for Startups.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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