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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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INFOGRAPHIC] Social Media Marketing By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms Stack Up [INFOGRAPHIC] The Rise of the Mobile Workforce [INFOGRAPHIC] Computer Vision Syndrome: Do Your Eyes Have It? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out.

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Lighting the match – going viral

Berkonomics

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. Fourth: measurement.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

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a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites. 2) Market .

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.