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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.

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

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How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud

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Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral. ← Previous Story Next Story → Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral Facebook App Recommends Songs for Your Romantic Encounters. Money and Finance Lists. Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Media.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. million in venture financing. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

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How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

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(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors.

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