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Cannabis Entrepreneurs Coming to Austin

Austin Startup

The last session of the event begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, April 20 and features a Pitch Competition showcasing three cannabis-based startups from around the United States: Lumen (Oakland), BDTNDR (Austin) and FLUX (Dallas). Whichever of these three startups most impresses the ACE judges receives a $1500 cash prize!

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Small business love: trucks, pop-ups, and nomadic goodness

crowdSPRING Blog

Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. These two models, both leveraging social media to fuel growth, build loyal audiences, and deliver a direct-to-consumer solution are leading the way for many businesses. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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Small business love: trucks, pop-ups, and nomadic goodness

crowdSPRING Blog

Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. These two models, both leveraging social media to fuel growth, build loyal audiences, and deliver a direct-to-consumer solution are leading the way for many businesses. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

I live in Oakland with my husband and now my dog. She, by the way, was busy on social media. Some people who are listening to this are, as we speak right this minute on their couch, are making the mistake of going to social media and watching this human and economic catastrophe play out in real time and sinking into despair.

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3 Effective Ways to Use Video in Your Marketing Mix

Duct Tape Marketing

Encourage engagement on social media. Videos shared on Facebook are proven to get more engagement than other types of media, and consumers are proven to interact with them. Use the copy in the email to let readers know what the video is about. 5 Ways to Get More From Online Video The use of video to tell your story, put a.

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Cats With Your Coffee? What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Purringtons Cat Cafe

Up and Running

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. As much as I was tickled by the idea of playing with kitties while having a cup of coffee, I brushed it off as a novelty establishment that I would never get the chance to visit.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

We're a technology company headquartered in Fresno, California, and together with the Kapor Center in Oakland have partnered to deliver Onward US, which is an initiative to put thousands of Americans back to work. You read a newspaper or go on social media, the headlines are just apocalyptically dark.

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