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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

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The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. We discussed guerilla p.r., Janardhan Swahar from Salem, India, presented Swayam Foods , a health food company that is focused on the Indian palette across snacks, quick-to-prepare items, etc.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Closure

Steve Blank

I responded to their RFP by proposing that Ardent build the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center a distributed supercomputing environment with hundreds of Ardent personal supercomputers rather than a monolithic Cray supercomputer. And where are we today…distributed computing. Love it… Great closure.

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6 Ways To Display Your Startup Logo To Customers

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Logo stickers form the backbone of any solid guerilla marketing campaign. Next, try to distribute logo stickers to cause a viral sensation. These essential items will put your logo in front of customers, tying together your overall branding identity. Branded stickers are a versatile way to spread your logo all over.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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At the time of its launch, the name “cisco” was also confusingly similar to SYSCO, the $20B food distribution company. DoubleClick’s Guerilla Marketing Legacy. |. Guerilla Marketing Fail – What I Learned From The Austin Police. |. Kevin O’Connor Discusses The Secrets Of Success. |. 5 Comments. 6 Comments. No Comments.

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