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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

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They get their widgets embedded or their products piloted. They tell you that they’re working on biz dev deals with distribution partners and they get the deals signed. They tell you they’re going to ship product and they do. They hire key staff. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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In the earliest days of widgets many companies realized that by pushing their functionality out to widgets carried on 3rd party sites that pointed back at their website they could drive better PageRank. So they’ll have to look for other competitive advantages for distribution. Underbelly.

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How To Work Better with Your Co-Founder

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In other words, say you have a widget that you think will take three days to build. In scrum, however, after the first day you would say, "How much time do I think it will take to finish this widget?" However, one of the great things about scrum is that you are always estimating forward the amount of work remaining in a given task.

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Streamline Your Sales Process With These Five Proven Techniques

YoungUpstarts

They don’t buy a widget because they like having a widget; they do it because they need it and it fulfills a particular purpose in their personal or professional life. The product/service you are selling or the cash you’re receiving in exchange for that product/service isn’t as important as its perceived value.

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[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Awards 2011 Sees Strong Finalists

YoungUpstarts

Argentra developed an innovative print access management solution that empowers organizations with full control and visibility on every print job, inclusive of all print contents; Smoov developed a set of motivational widgets for smartphones to help marketers drive e-commerce and has been used by more than a million users.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

Does it help our clients sell more widgets or deliver with fewer headaches? We've learned to think about how this really fits with the business needs of our clients. Is putting this hot new technology to use on a client project for our technical interest or is it for their business interest? Not to downplay developer happiness.

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Business Development for Early Stage Startups

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struck in the early days where newspapers would put a little “Tag this article” widget at the end of every story, and in return, they’d get a feed of the keywords used to take the articles, which helped them on search and ad targeting. MyBlogLog could “make any site social” just by pasting a widget. Very simple, very effective.