Browsing Month May, 2012

Tips on Using Your Advisory Board Effectively for Your Startup

By Martin at May 26, 2012 | 9:17 am | 0 Comment

Tips on Using Your Advisory Board Effectively for Your Startup

If you are an entrepreneur for the first time, or entering a new business area, it’s usually worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. But if you select the wrong people, or use them incorrectly, the impact will not be positive for your company or your image. For perspective, you need to remember more...

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Find RoomMates That Match Your Personality Via RoomateFit.com

By ajay at May 25, 2012 | 11:54 am | 0 Comment

Find RoomMates That Match Your Personality Via RoomateFit.com

According to a study by Michigan State, roommate conflicts are a major reason for freshman dropouts. Studies show that poor roommate pairings lead to unhappy students, dropouts, conflicts and lower GPA. Conflicts also contribute to an unstable housing environment, and waste administrative time. This leads to unhappy students, frustrated parents, and an more...

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Find Best Car Insurance Quote Via Insurance Zebra

By VisionwizTeam at May 25, 2012 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment

Find Best Car Insurance Quote Via Insurance Zebra

Insurance Zebra: Insurance Zebra is a new car insurance comparison platform that aims to find best car insurance quote that is most suitable to you. With just a zipcode and car type, users can begin to see which insurance provider may be best for them. In Company's Own Words: Insurance Zebra get their data from a variety of sources including publicly more...

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Top 4 Startups from SURGE Demo Day

By ajay at May 25, 2012 | 10:44 am | 0 Comment

Top 4 Startups from SURGE Demo Day

SURGE is a houston based energy focused accelerator platform. SURGE is looking for companies at any stage that are ready to help solve the world’s energy problems with software….quickly and effectively. Each participating startup company will receive $30K in operation funding and support to offset the costs associated with program participation while living in more...

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Reality Check For Your Startups

By Martin at May 25, 2012 | 8:27 am | 0 Comment

Reality Check For Your Startups

Starting a business is a lot like starting a marriage. At first, all parties are in dreamland, with a vision of changing the world, having lots of fun, and raking in the profits. But all too soon, reality sets in. Product development is stuck at that 90% mark, a key person leaves, and customers are talking but not buying. In his book Reality Check, Guy Kawasaki more...

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Think Twice Before Buying At Any Daily Deal Sites

By VisionwizTeam at May 24, 2012 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment

Think Twice Before Buying At Any Daily Deal Sites

Daily deal websites and flash sale websites often offer prices well below what would be seen in a retail store or through typical online shopping. But Ether Swilley, assistant professor of marketing, says the deals may not be so good for business and that consumers may regret their impulse buying. "I would advise users to use discretion," Swilley said. "Make sure more...

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Three Upcoming Beta Startups

By VisionwizTeam at May 24, 2012 | 10:46 am | 0 Comment

Three Upcoming Beta Startups

Three Upcoming Beta Startups 1. Artmov Are you web developer? So need any help? Then sign up for this new beta startup(artmov.com). What Is Artmov.com? Artmov.com is a practical book for web developers where you can get step-by-step guidelines, how-to's, free handbooks and more on web development. 2. Stride Stride is a new sale tracking tool more...

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Some Tips For Your Startups Survival

By Martin at May 24, 2012 | 8:56 am | 0 Comment

Some Tips For  Your  Startups Survival

Continuous innovation is required to survive in all businesses, beginning with a startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. Technologists often insist that new things can’t be invented on a schedule, but successful companies seem to be able to do it on a regular basis. Many people have tried to define a process for innovation, but most are too more...

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Winners Of TechHub-A&N Media Battle Of The Startups Contest In London Win 1M/1M Scholarships

By Guest Post at May 24, 2012 | 8:20 am | 0 Comment

Winners Of TechHub-A&N Media Battle Of The Startups Contest In London Win 1M/1M Scholarships

1M/1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: Winners Of TechHub-A&N Media Battle Of The Startups Contest In London Win 1M/1M Scholarships Last night, at a packed event in London’s TechHub, A&N Media awarded five yearlong 1M/1M scholarships. The judges for the contest were Kevin Beatty, CEO of A&N Media, Dominique Trempont, Board Member of DMGT (parent company of A&N Media), more...

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Got a Startup Idea? Need Funding? Then Try Fundable.com

By VisionwizTeam at May 23, 2012 | 1:02 pm | 0 Comment

Got a Startup Idea? Need Funding? Then Try Fundable.com

Fundable: Fundable is a new crowdfunding platform that aims to help startup companies to raise funds. They help entrepreneurs find idea stage capital by presenting great ideas in front of interested backers. In Company's Own Words: Fundable makes the process of reaching out and raising capital far more effective. Startups can now present their ideas in more...

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