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Solving Hard Problems: Traptic’s Harvesting Robots

K9 Ventures

The wheat would be harvested with sickles and then threshed by hand to separate the grain. But then, I drove down through Watsonville, CA on the way to Monterrey and saw acres and acres of strawberry, lettuce, and other ground crops that were still being harvested by humans — with their hands. Vinh Phan, Traptic.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

I love good causes and social entrepreneurs, but a recent pitch to me about eliminating world hunger with a new product (harvesting algae at low cost) seemed to forget that really hungry people don’t have any money. Make the product or service come alive. Even a non-profit needs income to operate.

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How a Virtual Assistant can Help Startup Make More Sales

ReadWriteStart

Now that the volume of VA footwork has rapidly increased and jacks of all trades are no longer productive enough. Despite the variety of present-day communication channels (E-mail, SMS, call, social media), it’s easy to see why building a productive rapport with future clients becomes increasingly tricky.

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[INTERVIEW] David Mimran, Director Of The Mimran Group

YoungUpstarts

MNR aims to close Africa’s fertilizer deficit and empower the continent’s farmers to expand production into the 80% of arable land not currently under cultivation there. My production company, Mimran Schur Pictures , grew out of my lifelong love for a good story. Your production company, while exciting, remains an underdog.

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Shortening The Small Business Software Selection Process

YoungUpstarts

Of the several thousand products listed and nearly 16,000 validated reviews posted on the site, we took a deeper look into our data and identified a handful of products that seemed to resonate with all site users that are either small businesses owners or employees. Some of these platforms are free (e.g.

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Metrics to Monitor in Customer Journey Analysis

The Startup Magazine

The data harvested from customer journey metrics is a gold mine for enhancing business intelligence. Analyzing this data can unveil trends and patterns that can be leveraged to refine marketing strategies, improve product offerings, and optimize the customer journey.

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6 Keys To Adding Customer Value In Marketing Content

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pushing product.” Make your content answer some unmet customer need or question without pushing a product.

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