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Crowdfunding Year in Review: Top Grossing Projects of 2012

Crowdfunding Year in Review: Top Grossing Projects of 2012 | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
2012 was the year crowdfunding exploded on the scene with numerous platforms, the JOBS act and other laws legalizing crowdfunding for equity, and these top grossing projects from Kickstarter and elsewhere.

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Becoming a Peak Performer - Learning from Performance Psychology

Becoming a Peak Performer - Learning from Performance Psychology | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
What do Olympic athletes, sports icons, Carnegie Hall performers and many successful business leaders have in common, and how can the answer help to advance your career? The answer to this question is that their success is directly ...
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if they say it worked for them, may be it will work for you ? 

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The Secret Recipe for Viral Content Marketing Success

The Secret Recipe for Viral Content Marketing Success | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
We know that content marketing is one of the best ways to engage with audiences and potential customers online. But what happens when a business has tried content marketing and has seen few returns?
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Long, needing work and efforts, but worthwhile ...  

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8 ways to incorporate customer feedback into your startup’s strategy

8 ways to incorporate customer feedback into your startup’s strategy | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
One of the worst things a successful young startup can do once it actually starts generating reliable revenue is to ignore the people who made that happen in the first place: its customers.

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Fundamental ! no customers no business.

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My place or yours? How to decide where to run your next usability test

My place or yours? How to decide where to run your next usability test | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
The most common types of usability test are remote usability tests, corporate lab-based tests, contextual usability tests and rented facility tests.
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To succeed you absolutely need to provide a superior experience to users...  nobody can do it without testing, testing and testing! See pretotyping! 

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Innovation Excellence | The Top 10 Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

Innovation Excellence | The Top 10 Mistakes of Entrepreneurs | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
The UC Berkeley Startup Competition proudly welcomed Guy Kawasaki to the Haas School of Business. Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple and co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures, explained the top ten mistakes that entrepreneurs make.
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84 minutes is a long video, which should transcribed ! 

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Skills Successful Entrepreneurs Have That Others Lack ...

Perhaps the most important skill any successful entrepreneur bears is the ability to be the boss. This is harder than it sounds. Many entrepreneurs are expert visionaries and find the start-up phase of a business exciting and ...
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a startup first need is  a strong boss, even when it is not enough. 

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Innovation teams don't work. Here's what does | MedCity News

Innovation teams don't work. Here's what does | MedCity News | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Another big mistake, often made by technology companies, is that innovation is an engineering problem. When I think about the successes in Silicon Valley, many of the most enduring were business model innovations – think ...
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even when a good culture and good management are in place... 8/10 of projects are failures, until experience acquired delivers a success! 
Failure has to be  accepted ! 

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Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup

Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Many software copywriters or developers dream of
building their own company. Those that do will likely fall under the influence
of the celebrated Lean Startup movement. My co-founders and I did.
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Deserves   reaading. 

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Business Model Canvas

Business Model Canvas | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
How to use the free Business Model Canvas to think strategically and creatively. ... Nifty Free Visionary Thinking Tool for Business, Nonprofits and Individuals. Posted by ...
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You cannot  escape the argument that you should invest a lot in thinking and testing various business models, and you need a tool to do it quickly.

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How to Learn Your Client's Industry (Without Knowing Everything)

How to Learn Your Client's Industry (Without Knowing Everything) | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Is it possible to really understand every client's industry? See how we familiarize ourselves with each client's vertical here at BlueGlass...

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Fondamental, mais connaitre déjà  un peu le secteur aide:-) 

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Entrepreneurship 9 Principles You Shouldn't Forget |

Entrepreneurship 9 Principles You Shouldn't Forget | | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Businesses fail all the time. SBA likes to throw statistics at you such as a 95% failure rate within a year of operation and so on. (But see the definitive small business failure rates.) The reasons as to why businesses fail can be many.
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You are selling to humans with the aim to solve a pressing problem with an effective solution. Find the problem, come up with solutions for it, and  serve customers.

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it is an ad but you can find a lot without investing more than your own time:-)
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Les 4 grandes familles du crowdfunding (petit guide à l'usage des internautes... et des journalistes !)

Les 4 grandes familles du crowdfunding (petit guide à l'usage des internautes... et des journalistes !) | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Nous lançons aujourd’hui une consultation pour un (possible) nouveau service orienté sur le financement des entreprises en fonds propres : Ulule entreprises. Si vous vous intéressez au financement de...

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Sorry, this in French

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Crossing the Chasm Revisited - Fast Fedora | Trevor Lohrbeer

Early Markets. Early market companies need to sell directly to the visionaries and early adopters that have a problem your product solves.
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Yes, startups cannot sell to buying departements of big companies.

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Tool Time: E-Sources for Crowdfunding Campaigners

Tool Time: E-Sources for Crowdfunding Campaigners | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
It goes without saying that the Internet is full of immensely powerful tools and platforms — Indiegogo itself is an indication of this.
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A must read for early stage startups !

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European startups: Here’s how to (not) raise capital in the US

European startups: Here’s how to (not) raise capital in the US | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Editor's note: This is a guest post by Stefano Bernardi, who is on the founding team of Betable, where he heads Customer Development. Previously, he worked in venture capital in Europe. ...
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Networking Networking Networking!  Investors work with patterns recognition methods: when a feature is lacking you are done-dead.

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Do entrepreneurs need an MBA?

Do entrepreneurs need an MBA? | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
graduation hat university The 'Do MBAs help an entrepreneur?' question is an old chestnut that never seems to be resolved.
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MBA are built to make alumni succeed in the big corporations... When your startup will be big you may need a MBA ... if you are still alive. 

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Thirty-Five Arguments Against Google Glass

Thirty-Five Arguments Against Google Glass | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
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all are possible but they can easily turned irrevelant.

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Here's why Bill Gates could be considered a visionary and Steve ...

Here's why Bill Gates could be considered a visionary and Steve ... | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Conventional wisdom holds that Bill Gates is a heads-down, grind-it-out geek, while the true visionary of the tech era was Steve Jobs. In fact, though, there's an argument that the opposite is the case: Gates was the true ...
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Yes, we can and should go deeper than the dominant buzz ...  
Anyhow, they are both in the past .

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Glass Collective : un fonds d'investissement pour promouvoir les applications Google Glass

Glass Collective : un fonds d'investissement pour promouvoir les applications Google Glass | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
L'initiative Glass Collective a été mise en place par le fonds Google Ventures avec le soutien de plusieurs grands investisseurs.
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Tiki® will be a must ...  

Larry's curator insight, April 12, 2:15 AM

Tiki® will empower all e-Glass :  a keyboard and pointer that you don't have to look at to use it and get fast, silent, discret  feedback from your mobile computer, aka smartphone, onto your glass-screen or in your earphones. 

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Businesses need key employees on the team to succeed

Businesses need key employees on the team to succeed | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
I have scars on my back from numerous failed start-ups because I hired a team of unseasoned workers who had little knowledge and therefore couldn't perform. • The financial guru. Successful businesses have an ...
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Alone you lose.

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Entrepreneurs should sell vision, not valuation

Entrepreneurs should sell vision, not valuation | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Adam Osborne became a Silicon Valley legend when he introduced the world to the first portable personal computer in 1981. But instead of becoming the Google of the 80s, Osborne prematurely announced

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How do you tell between Vision and Hallucination ?  

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The #1 Mistake Entrepreneurs Make

The #1 Mistake Entrepreneurs Make | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
I’ve started 4 companies and have invested in 25 more. And I can say, with supreme confidence, that I have made or seen almost every mistake possible.I’ve hired the wrong people. And

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"Successful entrepreneurs focus exclusively on efforts that matter and are able to tune out the rest. People who focus succeed. It’s that simple."

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Infinity Marketing | A Blog for Small Business!

Infinity Marketing | A Blog for Small Business! | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it
Branding is one of the most important parts of starting a business and being successful! One of the main reasons that we have gone with this blog for today, from, Alanna Francis. Building your brand is not always the easiest ...
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the smaller you are, the easiest your name-brand should be memorized and not confused with brands and products of bigger companies.

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Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips! | Cole Street

Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips! | Cole Street | BoostonsVotreStartup | Scoop.it

Starting a business in France is an adventure. Ever heard the horror stories of Italian bureaucracy? Well – France has it too! When you go through this adventure you will encounter stamp-fetishism, physical paper obsessions, snooty bank employees, and stamp-wielding government employees.


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you can disagree but you cannot escape thinkinf a little before and after jumping in the very cold pool.
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