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Book review: ‘Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups’

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Title : “Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000″ Author : Jason Calacanis. W ith Silicon Valley at the center of tech culture – and much of pop culture these days – you might be tempted to get in on the startup action. My rating : ☆☆☆☆☆.

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Book review: ‘Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups’

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Title : “Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000″ Author : Jason Calacanis. W ith Silicon Valley at the center of tech culture – and much of pop culture these days – you might be tempted to get in on the startup action. My rating : ?????.

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Review of the Online Group Buying Industry

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Group buying is a trend that had incredibly growth throughout 2010. Group buying, which refers to social buying or collective buying as well, is the buying an offer which has been significantly reduced, due to the fact that it is only valid if enough buyers are found. Later on they released the PickYourFive (e.g.

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Advice for startups: Focus on your super-fans

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Target audience: Startups, entrepreneurs, businesses, brands, digital marketers, advertising agencies, SEO specialists, educators, journalists, Web publishers. “Offer them rewards and experiences that money can’t buy.” At Launch Festival, a top marketer discusses the importance of engaging your top brand advocates.

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The Five Business Books That Shaped 2011

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So are Twitter , online newspapers and magazines and the occasional Podcast, but if you really want to deep-dive into a topic and spend more than a grazing moment with it, you have to read a well-written book about the topic that interests you. A few years back, I set a personal goal of reading one book per week. if that).

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CTRL ALT DEL Is My Next Book

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I am very excited to announce that the name of my next book is: CTRL ALT DEL - Reboot Your Business (and Yourself) in a Connected World. The official press release went out this morning via my publisher, Business Plus (an imprint of Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group USA ). The book will be broken down into two sections.

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Case Study: How a Blogger Became a Startup Founder

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Here’s how she went from being a blogger to becoming a startup founder and CEO. Here are Cas’s biggest tips for anyone contemplating a startup, based on what she’s learned so far. Don’t confuse startup and blog monetization. A startup is a business you plan to scale fast. But it’s not something to take on lightly.