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How to Win Venture Capital
First, an entrepreneur must target the right venture capital investment fund to pitch.
Twitter Is Killing the Blogosphere, and More Insights from Internet Marketing Whiz Neil Patel
“There’s only one thing I’m good at,” he says, “and that is getting traffic from Yahoo and Google.”
GM starts its own venture capital firm
General Motors has set up its own venture capital company with $100 million to invest in companies developing new auto-related technology.
"Finally Funded" – Lessons Learned from FluidInfo Founder Terry Jones’ s 13 Year Effort To Raise Funding
Learning to expect and embrace rejection
Why You Should Write Job Postings that Don’t Suck…
Rewrite your job descriptions to remove all the buzzword crap and try to put a little flair to them, and you’ll feel the negative nellies in the background.
Nine common pitfalls fledgling entrepreneurs make when trying to start a new company.
“Just because you have a cool technology, that doesn’t mean you can make a product out of it, or that somebody will pay for it.”
5 Business Fundamentals I Learned the Hard Way
Most business owners want to treat employees like friends. We hire people we think we like, we work with them, we share values, so it’s only natural. But I’ve found, I’m afraid, that it doesn’t work.
Seeking Venture Capital For a Growing Start-Up
The process of selecting, pitching and ultimately negotiating with a VC can be intimidating, especially to those not accustomed to the world of high finance.
Three Best Ways to Expand Overseas
The challenges – both anticipated and unexpected – are enough for any small- business owner to get cold feet. To ease the process, here are three best ways to expand overseas.
5 ways to improve performance reviews
If you are the manager whose job it is to lead those reviews, the tone they take is entirely within your control.
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