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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

Today, we would add places like Miami and Salt Lake City to that age old debate. I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Soon after I relocated to Miami to be close to my family without disrupting my business. Thanks to Charlene DeCesare, Firewalk Sales ! #15- I love that every day is different – I can be working on the product, trying to figure out sales, networking, or administrative things. 4- Power to act upon the opportunities.

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Private Equity and Social Media

David Teten

I’m giving a talk next month on “ How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami. Review professional and personal lives of management; Talk with firm’s network: customers, competitors, suppliers. Due diligence.

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10 must-attend tech conferences in 2014

The Next Web

One business resolution worth keeping is making a commitment to attend more in-person networking and education events. A lot of tech conferences focus on networking and forget about content. Techweek is in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Detroit this year. It always has the newest, hottest brands there.

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9 Things to Know About Influencing Purchasing Decisions

ConversionXL

Don’t delete negative reviews - they actually help sales if there are only a few of them. Their research showed that social media rarely leads directly to purchases online — data indicates that less than 2% of orders were the result of shoppers coming from a social network. People gather information from mixed sources.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started Disrupted Logic Interactive and our ctalyst® ad network because I knew advertising could be much better as an enriched and interactive experience. This is when I realized that I can use my business/sales experience that can and therefore I quit my job on the spot and started BuffetGO. Thanks to Emil Lolby , BuffetGO ! #34

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How To Create The Perfect Self-Employed Ecosystem To Attract The Success You Want

Duct Tape Marketing

It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Jason Bay is a leading sales expert and he talks with other leading sales experts to get you the information you need. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

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