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July 2010

Raising Capital: A New Trend

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by Eric | Jul 31, 2010, 6:22pm EST

Raising capital for a startup is tough business. Most entrepreneurs spend the majority of their time thinking about product features, market fit, team building, launch strategy and on and on. The big ugly that sneaks up is of course, funding. In the past, a startup would begin by hitting up friends and family. Next, the [...]

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37signals Co-Founder: ‘Unlearn Your MBA’

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by Cameron | Jul 30, 2010, 5:12pm EST

David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework and partner at 37signals, is a pretty smart guy. But to succeed as an entrepreneur, he found that his education was, in some ways, working against him. In this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture, given earlier this year at Stanford University, Hansson talks [...]

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Web Design, Meet SEO: 7 Design Practices That Will Improve SEO

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by Cameron | Jul 29, 2010, 6:34am EST

Does graphic/functional design effect SEO? According to Rand Fishkin over at SEOmoz, the answer is yes! As the worlds of web design and SEO merge ever closer, we’ve been seeing design-specific elements produce a positive impact on SEO for the sites that employ them. It’s terrific news for SEOs who love design and are capable [...]

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Website Design: Creating Passionate Users

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by Eric | Jul 28, 2010, 8:16pm EST

Website design is a science all to itself.  I have felt for a long time that the goal of every website should be to create an emotional connection to a user.  Something that once used and then taken away leaves a sense of loss.  Often we refer to this as becoming “indispensable.” At the core [...]

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Face It, Your Customers Don’t Want to Talk to You

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by Cameron | Jul 28, 2010, 2:31pm EST

Good read from the Harvard Business Review on consumer preference for self service options (en lieu of dealing with a real human). Have you ever walked into an airport, seen that there is nobody in line at the check-in counter, but still made a bee-line for the self-service kiosk? Better yet, have you ever waited [...]

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SEO Gold: How to Rank on Page 1 of Google Without Buying a Single Ad

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by Cameron | Jul 27, 2010, 5:29pm EST

Found this in the Startups subject over at XYDO.com. Great article by Neil Patel (QuickSprout), who has been a true search engine optimizer for the last 9 years. Online poker, credit cards, online dating, forex trading, and hotels were just a few of the terms he ranked well for. In this post, Neil outlines (in [...]

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Small Business: A Fantastic Resource

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by Eric | Jul 27, 2010, 5:06am EST

Small business struggles to find resources that the big companies have provided by armies of consultants and marketing firms.  So where are we to turn?  I recently came across an article that included links to about ten subjects I’m sure will be near and dear to your heart.  Included are links to stories on everything [...]

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