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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

A year or so ago I read an early draft of a new book titled The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. They are doing tens, hundreds or even thousands of code deploys per day, while delivering world-class stability, reliability and security. This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for.”.

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How To Find The Best City For Your Type Of Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Video To Grow Their New Business

Duct Tape Marketing

What names come to mind when you think about online search engines? You can use this opportunity to showcase your product as well as share “visual reviews” with the world. Written reviews are fantastic and have their place, but your product alongside the smiling face of a well satisfied customer carry some extra weight.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I, I literally just wanted a pizza and I was a software developer and so I wrote a version, one of, of a neighborhood delivery guide showed me all the restaurants delivered to me. Learning how to code myself was the investment. Connect with Mike — MikeEvans.com.

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Finding New Customers In Untapped Places

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So I use one of the examples in the mission chapter about Intuit, which we know makes accounting software, but their mission is power prosperity. She's here in Phoenix. I want to thank you so much for tuning in and, you know, we love those reviews and comments.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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The lowercase “c” was eventually capitalized after nearly 10 years, due to the awkward representation of the small “c” when the company was discussed in newspapers and magazines. Microsoft – Initially descriptive of the company’s software developed for the “micro” computer market, which eventually evolved into the “personal” computer market.

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