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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Several VCs market close relationships with celebrities who can use their social media presence to promote their companies. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. Celebrity Relationships. How can you deliver domain expertise you don’t (yet) have in-house?

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. By Ioanna Opidee.

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Am I Properly Insured as a Business Owner?

Up and Running

In addition, if your business operates in California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, or Rhode Island, you are required to carry disability insurance. Your state’s department of insurance can help you find a broker, and you can also ask around for referrals from local businesses, or on social media.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 6: Al Milukas, and Zahra Aljabri and James Faghmous

Steve Blank

I have friends that have done similar things and we also have some local distilleries that are popping up in Rhode Island. They make a rum in Rhode Island called Thomas Tew , and … Sons of Liberty is one of the distillers in Rhode Island as well. … It’s all the rage now. They make whiskey.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

And really in PR, the best media coverage starts with the basic pitch. When I launched my social media consultancy in 2010, I knew I wanted to incorporate my name. Our business began on the island of Block Island, Rhode Island. Thanks to Crystal Henry, Basic Pitch ! #8- 8- Attention grabbing.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: YANA

crowdSPRING Blog

The first is the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Tags: Awesomeness Interviews Strategy business community crowdsourcing design inspiration social media start-up tips crowdspring small biz spotlight yana you are not alone. There are so many resources out there that are fantastic, but I have to name two.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I went to Rhode Island School of Design. Well the same could be viewed as a community, a marketplace, social media company, anything. Let me just tell you a little bit of a background. I'm perhaps an oddity of Silicon Valley because I'm not an engineer by training. I'm not a business person. I'm a designer.