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Making the Internet Smarter at Helping Us

Both Sides of the Table

The Internet has a problem. I’ve been thinking a lot about this over the past two years and bending the ears of any entrepreneur who will humor me to hear what I think the solution needs to look like. I like his tagline a lot, “Hunch personalized the Internet.&# Recommendation Slicing. It’s one you know well.

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What Impact Social Media Truly Had On Society

YoungUpstarts

Social media websites are some of the most popular haunts on the Internet. Iran, and India. Many companies have blocked social networks on their office Internet as addicted employees can distract themselves on such sites, instead of focusing on work. Thinking Aloud Internet Jenny Ta social media society'

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How To Avoid Investment Scams In The Startup World

Startup Professionals Musings

The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on entrepreneurs tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. entrepreneur startup investor scam business' Marty Zwilling.

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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

Both Sides of the Table

Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know their future VCs early because getting a feel for your chemistry is far more important than how the VC is ranked in some survey. Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else.

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From Iranian Refugee, To Successful But Unfulfilled Corporate Employee, Then Self-Made Info Entrepreneur – The Farnoosh Brock Story

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Farnoosh Brock fled with her family from Iran to Turkey when she was eleven years old. A value-packed collection of articles written by successful entrepreneurs to help you start, grow and profit from your own online business. Newest articles are available on the Entrepreneurs-Journey.com Homepage.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. These types of trends are unsustainable.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

entrepreneurs targeting U.S. Senate studying Chinese technocrats to the simple reality that the Internet and mobile phones make it crystal-clear to all who is winning and losing in the world (see N. Korea, Iran, et al.), markets, but for the most part our “entrepreneurial services” were consumed by U.S. based opportunities.