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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. Our software wasn’t fully baked. We had one of the largest US software companies talk about buying us. Our sales forecasts were revised downward – many times. We were unprepared.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

It can be difficult to forecast the future trajectory of publicly listed technology companies, especially in the short term – after all, most of the available information is already capitalized in their current share prices. Take software developers as an example. Today, Oracle has 40,000 workers in the United States and 66,000 abroad.

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Crowdfunding Your Startup with MicroVentures

ReadWriteStart

MicroVentures isn't disclosing a lot of details about the first three deals that it's funded, but it says that these ranged from $2000 to $25,000 increments, with the average investment roughly $5000. MicroVentures does the due diligence for investors, running a variety of checks on financials, forecasts, use of funds, burn rate and so on.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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7 Promising Trends Defining the Future of Remarkable Brand Storytelling in 2016

Brandanew

Harvard business review recently published an article talking about (luxury) consumers preferring inconspicuousness of brands. seconds in 2015 compared to 12 seconds in 2000. To Share this Image On Your Site, Use the Code Below: <p><strong>Please include attribution to www.brandanew.co Appssaavy, Martini Media.

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The Inbound Myth

Duct Tape Marketing

And when you opt-in for one of their many whitepapers, software demos, or free tools on their site, you’ll start receiving information via email that educates you on the benefits of their products. It’s extremely high quality and it’s everywhere: they check the box for both quality and quantity of content.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000.