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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. It’s not too late to start.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . At De Correspondent, Ernst-Jan serves as publisher, fostering the expansion of the platform.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. One of the company’s smartest moves was introducing “Netflix Original” movies and TV shows, first launching House of Cards in 2013 to much success. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5-

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The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

This is going to be BIG.

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). The features in Flickr seeded the consumer web gene pool for the following 7 or 8 years--tagging, favoriting, commenting, permalinks direct to content, newsfeeds, social consumption of media, sharing and embedding.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. Hunter Walk: Ok, we met back in 2013 after we invested in theSkimm and they said you were one of their friends/navigators of the startup world.

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Leading During Uncertain, Trying Times – Five Essential Practices

The Startup Magazine

The two companies I served during my tenure as a CEO faced high-stakes external crises; one company with the dot-com crash and 9/11, the other during the 2008/2009 Great Recession. His insights and ideas on leadership have been prominently featured in business books and top national news media.

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2013’s Top 10 Small Towns For Mobile Entrepreneurs

Mike Michalowicz

So here you have it, the “Top 10 Small Towns for Mobile Entrepreneurs for 2013.”. Most famous for being headquarters for the Iditarod Sled-dog race, Wasilla is also the home of Alaska’s most visible celebrity, former 2008 Vice-Presidential hopeful and governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Poquoson is a small town with a big media presence.

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