According to a story at Mashable, for startups, the amount of money you have to burn before you either need to break even or raise more capital is your runway. Extending the length of that runway is an art form that requires startup founders to learn how to squeeze maximum value out of every dollar […]
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According to a story on Mashable, new stats released by Twitter reveal that users now send out more than 50 million tweets per day. That means every second, 600 tweets fly through Twitter’s network. As reported two weeks ago, Twitter saw more than 1.2 billion tweets in January, or around 39 million tweets per day.
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Kevin Rose, Digg’s founder, spoke at Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand and covered 10 amazing tips for entrepreneurs, reports ReadWriteWeb. 1: Just Build It: You don’t need anyone’s approval and in fact, you probably won’t get it, so don’t even try. 2: Iterate: Build, release and iterate. Make a list of the features you want
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Website magazine reports that a study by the Human Capital Institute and “people management” software provider SABA details the use of social networking within local, state and federal government and looks at its effectiveness in conducting government work. It’s not just Obama embracing social media. The study found that federal agencies lead in using social
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Kristiauna Mangum, 22, a senior at Ohio State University in Columbus, said she always had a flair for makeup, but never considered it a professional calling. Then she heard about a pilot college program offered by Avon’s little sister brand, Mark, two years ago. “My mother was an Avon Lady, so I thought, huh, maybe
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Today, it is impossible to separate social media from the online world. Facebook reached 350 million users last month — 70% of whom are outside the US — and it accounts for 25% of the Web’s traffic, according to Pew nearly one in five people on the web use Twitter or some other service to
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Content deals with Google and Microsoft, plus renegotiated rates with the telecom companies that carry its members’ tweets, have combined to make Twitter profitable, BusinessWeek reports. The Google deal and Microsoft deal, both announced in October, make Twitter members’ content available to Google’s search engine and to Microsoft’s Bing. These deals are worth around $25
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TweetCall is a Twitter-based application that lets you update twitter via phone voice calls, reports Makeuseof.com. Dubbed by its makers as ” Twitter by Voice “, you only need to dial a toll-free number (1-877-TWEET-CALL) and leave a voice message. Your message will then be transcribed by the app and posted to your Twitter stream
American Express OPEN recently did a survey of 763 small business owners of companies with fewer than 100 employees and found that nearly 60 percent of their members feel challenged when finding innovative ways to market, but only 10 percent are even marketing through online social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.com, according to a
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According to a story at Fast Company, everything will soon be connected to the social net–we’ve said it before, but if you’re a social network denier then here’s proof positive: Now your tiny baby can status update too. The magic comes from Belgium’s Hasselt University and a course on mobile and pervasive computing–it was the
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