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How to Find the Right Online Communities

David Teten

The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. Particularly in a time of social distancing, when people can’t meet one another in person. Second, I suggest using some of the search engines for finding online communities: Community-Finder. Community Findr.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. Thanks to Lorie Carson, Real People Finder ! #20-

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Windows 8 And Windows Phone 8 For This Ramadan Season

YoungUpstarts

The app also provides useful tools such as Mosque locator, a Qibla Finder as well as a Quran calculator, to determine the number of pages that needs to be read to achieve one’s reading goal at the end of the Holy month. Here’s a look at 8 of them: Ramadan Kareem ( Windows Phone / Windows 8 ). For Windows Phone and Windows 8.

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House Passes Crowdfunding Bill: FAQ’s for Entrepreneurs

Scott Edward Walker

House of Representatives passed a crowdfunding bill that will allow startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites and social networking sites. Last week, the U.S. What is Crowdfunding? May Startups Raise Funds via Crowdfunding?

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

With immediate access to homegrown apps on their new smartphones, people can find services that are directly relevant to their needs (like local food delivery and Wi-Fi access finders). Since public and private sectors are working together to bring more people to the mobile Internet, there is tremendous opportunity for growth in Brazil.

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19 Funding Resources for New and Existing Businesses

Up and Running

See Also Bplans Small Business Loan Finder. This site also functions like a social network, where you can interact with investors and build relationships through a secure channel. Here’s the fee structure. BlueVine is another site that does the same thing, with slightly different fees. Angel investors and venture capitalists.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

We decided that what was missing was a Contact Finder, a version of search that would let a LinkedIn user find potential vendors. Operating on the embarrassment principle, we launched without Contact Finder. Shortly before launch, we started worrying about whether LinkedIn would be useful without a critical mass of profiles.

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