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How to use social media to unlock true fan marketing
Written on 29 Jul, 2010 at 14:08 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Scott Olson is president of MindLink Marketing. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.) Quick marketing poll: Who has bought an industry contact list and used that to send out direct mail, email or some other... (Continue reading)
CardStar connects loyalty cards to Foursquare check-ins
Written on 27 Jul, 2010 at 11:46 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
The check-in game as popularized by location-based services Foursquare , Gowalla , Loopt and others, desperately needs something more tangible than just the mere exclamation of a user’s location. One way to bring more value – and thus more... (Continue reading)
How to select your company’s lawyer
Written on 27 Jul, 2010 at 11:46 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
(Editor’s note: Caine Moss is a corporate and securities partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) Selecting legal counsel for your new venture is one of the first decisions you’ll have to make as a... (Continue reading)
Hey, Nasa! Need a cheaper space suit for your astronauts? Call the Final Frontier Design guys.
Written on 21 Jul, 2010 at 12:45 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
This is what I like to see, homebrew space equipment. It’s a spacesuit that was invented by the two gentlemen at Final Frontier Design , one that made its debut at the Eyebeam Center for Art + Technology in... (Continue reading)
Startups: Welcome to the lost decade
Written on 21 Jul, 2010 at 7:39 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany . This column originally appeared on his blog .) If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to... (Continue reading)
Offerpal launches SocialKast to recruit social game fans on any site
Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 9:34 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Offerpal Media got stung last week when it was told that it wouldn’t be providing special ad offers for Facebook’s new Facebook Credits virtual currency platform. That threatened the startup’s business with Facebook app developers, who are widely expected... (Continue reading)
You drive traffic on your website – but what about the real world?
Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 9:34 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
(Editor’s note: Brant Cooper is an independent consultant specializing in marketing and product management. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) Most entrepreneurs know all about the “call to action”. It is, at its core, a big button on the... (Continue reading)
InDinero launches simple finance tools for small businesses
Written on 2 Jul, 2010 at 18:07 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
A new Berkeley, Calif., company called InDinero is launching today, promising a simple approach to help small businesses, including startups, understand their finances. Cofounder and chief executive Jessica Mah said she just graduated from UC Berkeley, but she’s one... (Continue reading)
Bart Decrem explains why he sold Tapulous to Disney
Written on 2 Jul, 2010 at 18:07 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Bart Decrem scored big this week as Disney agreed to buy his iPhone music game company Tapulous . Disney was drawn to Tapulous ‘ big hits such as Tap Tap Revenge and Riddim Ribbon . ... (Continue reading)
Last Space Shuttle flight scheduled for February, 2011
Written on 1 Jul, 2010 at 16:51 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
The very last Space Shuttle flight will take place on February 26, 2011. After that, American astronauts will have to bum rides with the Russians if they want to visit the International Space Station. Shame... (Continue reading)