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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

These days, we have a strong e-commerce presence – focusing heavily on digital marketing and user experience, providing deals and promotions throughout the year on the Omaha Steaks website. Thanks to Todd Simon, Omaha Steaks ! #9- Do things that don't scale at the beginning to earn consumer trust and great reviews.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts. 11:00 AM: The Yelp Effect: When Everyone’s A Restaurant Critic 19B – Nowadays, with restaurant blogs and sites like Yelp and Chowhound, everyone is a restaurant reviewer.

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10 Startup Red Flags

adamac.blogspot.com

Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. I actually once had a very non-technical recruiter try to give me a technical interview (including coding) over the phone. If you get an option grant for a million shares and youre employee 25, something is funky.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. We have investments in e-commerce, SMB SaaS, Business Software, AdTech, Payments, Enabling Platforms, Consumer Social, Gaming, and Education. But like us, all of these companies are very early.

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Twitter Link Roundup #131 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Amazon has democratized the book review process, according to latest research – [link]. Big Omaha 2012 – 4 years in, it’s still the best conference you’ve never attended – [link]. HOLD EVERYTHING.