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Hibu’s Smart Solutions Spark Local Business Success Stories – Sponsored

The Startup Magazine

As one plumber explained, “I expected the typical upselling salespeople often do every time I have a conversation with them. A Rhode Island-based general contractor had zero internet presence before partnering with the agency. The agencys personalized approach extends to honesty and transparency, which clients appreciate.

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

David Teten

John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. Build a network of on-call domain experts, who will have short conversations with portfolio management, typically at no cost. . In descending order of cost, I see four main ways to support companies with domain expertise: Example.

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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 37:34: Customer Discovery isn’t just a bunch of random conversations. The seas are calm here. Most years out here I spend my time reading. This year has been a bit more interesting. The talk is here.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

Headquartered in the United States with locations in Boston, Israel, Mexico, Rhode Island, Switzerland, and Texas, MassChallenge is committed to strengthening the global innovation ecosystem by supporting high-potential startups across all industries, from anywhere in the world. For more information, visit: [link].

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack. It will allow us to track conversations about our brands and campaigns, spot trends in core content areas and identify key influencers that are connected to our brands.” Rhode Island.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Rhode Island. Rhode Island. The quality of conversations can deteriorate when real identities are not provided. Mississippi. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. South Carolina. South Dakota. Washington. West Virginia. Territories. Asia/Pacific. Australia/New Zealand.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

You can listen to the conversation on the Greymatter podcast here. When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. But Joe and me were designers from Rhode Island School of Design. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.