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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. RocketHub also recently partnered with the TV channel A&E for marketing and funding help for their favorite fundraising campaigns.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

In Kenya, M-Pesa processed more transactions domestically than Western Union did globally, and “ provided mobile banking facilities to more than 70 per cent of the country’s adult population” , most of whom never had banking services before.

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Here’s to You, Women in Business

Up and Running

Given the direct correlation between policies that are put in place to support women and the opportunities that are available to women, it’s little wonder we’re globally campaigning for change, and acknowledgement. Stage a social media campaign. Some are definitely worth applying if you own your own business.

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Techstars and The Nature Conservancy

Feld Thoughts

Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. Amy is currently on the TNC Global Campaign Committee and on the TNC Africa Affinity Group for Women and Girls. We supported an Anchor Point Fellow at TNC’s Berlin office and an internship in Australia through Wellesley College.

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Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to!

Occam's Razor

The post is written in these six steps: Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. In Google Analytics there are five parameters: Source, Medium, Campaign, Term and Content. Tag your mobile website. Dive into Mobile Reporting and Analysis.

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Lauren Shuttleworth: How This Stationery Entrepreneur Educates Girls, Helps The Environment & Makes A Profit At The Same Time

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

It quickly became a very successful and lucrative first business, bringing in sales between $3,000 and $10,000 per campaign. Lauren’s inner search began by working with rescued elephants in Thailand and from there moved on to Kenya to volunteer at a school. Thus began a life changing experience of overseas travel.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

His every move and misstep dissected and castigated by the same media and investors who sang his praises when things were going well, one can only guess at the anguish, shame and embarrassment that led the young entrepreneur into – what appeared to me as an uninformed observer – self imposed exile, in Kenya.