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Start Up and Stay Up – How Small Businesses Survive & Thrive

The Startup Magazine

I started my Philadelphia area home appraising business in 2006. For example, I worked in various fields relating to real estate for many years before I felt I knew enough and had a strong enough reputation and network to go out on my own. Your website form should be optimized for mobile – this is how people browse these days.

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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft

Both Sides of the Table

Draft is a Fantasy Sports app designed for the mobile world and the busy lifestyle founded by Jeremy Levine. Mobile really enabled the entire category and created the free-to-play powerhouses like Angry Birds, Words With Friends, Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, Cut the Rope, Best Fiends and others. But it still takes time.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

Are you launching a mobile application? When Evan Rifkin of.App/Ads launched a new ad network for iPhone (and soon to be other devices) applications I knew he would have a very strong offering out of the box. He’s built two ad network companies – he knows what he’s doing.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Waivr

View from Seed

Brenna Curran (BC): Waivr is modernizing the 60+ year old recurring payments infrastructure by enabling merchants to transact through the Real-Time Payments network, delivering lower transaction costs, eliminating bounce rates, and providing instant fund disbursement to merchants. We were working on CNB’s new mobile banking app.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

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Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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eSports is poised for growth in 2020

VC Cafe

esports stadiums are popping up everywhere, including the Fusion Arena , a $50 million stadium being built by Comcast in Philadelphia. Intel has announced it will host an esports tournament in Tokyo during the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics. Remagine eSports 2020 on Feb 5th in Tel Aviv.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started my business when I was forced to drop out of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA due to financial difficulties in my family. I started Mobile Home Friend, LLC with my son back in 2015. We buy, sell, renovate, flip, rent, and anything else we can legally do with mobile or manufactured homes.