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Fans.lu Ties With Game Development Organization

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Los Angeles-based Fans.lu , a developer of an e-commerce storefront to help game companies sell merchandise such as shirts, hats, posters, and more directly to their gamer fans, said over the weekend that it has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). READ MORE>>.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs?

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We want to provide a menu of things that people want answered immediately, and help them to solve their next project. It's a hands-on kind of education.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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I knew that having friends and allies on the playground that would back up “the new kid” was of paramount importance. Such playground friends serve to ensure the startup’s ongoing viability by providing resources, access to customers and technology and market validation. The same phenomenon is true for startups.

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part III) - Board Games Can Teach Children Negotiating And Risk Taking Skills

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When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. You must focus on constantly delivering value to your customers and ensure that you are paid for the value you deliver. Hands On Learning.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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