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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. Let us look at examples of the last two major computing cycles (prior to the Internet). The internet is working.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

The advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust. Entrepreneurs have also tapped sharing platforms to directly market their goods and services, somewhat blurring the line between unadulterated peer-to-peer co-ops and direct sales channels.

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How to Start a Successful Consulting Business: The Complete 10 Step Guide (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

Branding provides a reassuring level of professionalism that very small operations may struggle to establish. basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, scheduling and invoicing software, etc… marketing and advertising costs. But, your operating costs are only a starting point.

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

The finest American lawyers hugged the finest Direct Marketing experts and produced this horrendous baby. ADT believes that its operators are best equipped to oversell me. Everyone on the Internet loves speed. Every Brand Marketer knows the brand attributes. Does the internet stink at branding?

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

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Marketing Research Ideas for Small Businesses

entrepreMusings

Those of us with big business ideas operating on small budgets don’t exactly have the bankroll it takes to recruit a talented market research team to help us. Do-it-yourself research and inexpensive alternatives to highly-tuned studies can provide small businesses with all the market information they need.

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Measuring your power in the Internet marketplace.

Berkonomics

But businesses that expose their story to tens of millions of potential customers through the Internet need additional tools. Some of these are also applicable to non-Internet businesses. The old measures, including return on investment, percentage of profit against revenue or employee count, and more, obviously are still relevant.