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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer.

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Lean Business Tips: Marketing Channels on the Cheap

crowdSPRING Blog

Startups and small businesses face a steep learning curve when it comes to online marketing. At crowdSPRING we have experimented with virtually every online marketing strategy and tactic available, often with negative results. Numerous studies have shown that online marketing can be a financial loser for many companies.

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Getting Back the Band Together for NextView’s Investment in BookBub

Genuine VC

In the intervening years while I pursued a career investing in startups rather than creating them, Josh continued as an entrepreneur starting a handful of companies including early social networking site Sconex, successfully sold to Alloy Media. Today BookBub is announcing its $3.8M Series A financing.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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5 Ways Content Marketing Can Benefit PR

Duct Tape Marketing

5 Ways Content Marketing Can Benefit PR written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. With the advent of social media, the tables turned for professionals working in the PR industry. Content marketing changed all that pretty quickly. photo credit PicJumbo. All of the sudden, everyone was a publisher.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

mashable.com

The first step in the process of expansion is identifying which markets are of the most strategic significance to your business. Once you’ve targeted a market, however, things can quickly become convoluted and overwhelming. You’ll also likely be hiring local staff for your new office.

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