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    SaaS marketing

    MARKETING SAAS / APPS 
    Hello, Good to be back on here after being MIA for a while. :) Does anyone have good resources (blogs, videos, books, people they know, etc.) or experience with SaaS marketing/distribution? I work at a software startup (and it's a bootstrapped/profitable one at that) and I'd love to...
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    Late bloomer, not a loser

    MINDSET 
    I thought this blog post from Dave McClure (of 500 Startups fame) was really encouraging to read. It goes along well with Biophase's thread, "Why does everyone want to get there so fast?"
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    Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL | Bootstrap - CNET News Talk about bootstrapping and hustle, here's an excerpt/summary: You hear it all the time, but Simons, now 20, was a mediocre student with little interest in school. That changed one day when his high school chemistry...
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    DailyDo.It

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I thought this story from Hacker News is pretty inspiring: My First Web App, DailyDo.It The maker of this app is a student studying chemistry and she got into coding over the summer:
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    Should it be worth this much

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    What're your thoughts? Should a company that makes $5 million of net profit from $188.5 million of revenue in Q1 have a market cap (i.e. valuation) of $12 billion? P.S. This company is LinkedIn. Source
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    Free Mercedes With That Bank Account

    Free Mercedes With That Bank Account - Yahoo! Finance I don't see why anyone with $1 million to put in a CD would take up this bank's offer. They didn't get that much money because of instant gratification. And they're smart enough to earn more than a 1.2% return.
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    How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes

    TAXES | REGS 
    Interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/business/apples-tax-strategy-aims-at-low-tax-states-and-nations.html
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    Notes from Peter Thiel's class at Stanford

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Essay versions of class notes from CS183: Startup, with Peter Thiel (cofounder of Paypal). http://blakemasters.tumblr.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup Not mine. Just found them.
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    Help with my pitch on Thursday

    PEOPLE 
    My school has a entrepreneur fund and I'll be pitching my business idea on Thursday. "Students with interesting, innovative and original ideas for social entrepreneurship can receive up to $1500 towards launching or growing their business." I've seen most if not all the episodes of Shark Tank...
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    Trademark laws?

    Hi, I have a question about trademarks. What counts as a trademark? What if it's not registered with the government? Here's the situation I'm in: There's a company with an online product. Let's call the product Blue Oranges (not sure why). But I was able to purchase the BlueOranges.com domain...
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    Mockup/wireframing software

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hey all, If you want to make a mockup/wireframing for a website or app, check out MockFlow. It's really easy to use and the great thing is you can do all your work in your web browser or download the program and work offline. And it's free. See some samples.
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    Good WordPress Theme?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm trying to validate a business idea before building the product. Does anyone know of a good (and preferably free) theme for Wordpress that's good for this function? I need it be able to display a few lines of text, a picture or two and a big sign up/buy button. I'm looking on my own too...
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    Myth of the garage?

    In this Fast Company article and their The Myth of the Garage collection (PDF, Kindle edition), authors Dan and Chip Heath argue that many entrepreneurs are "departed organization men" and not simply a random collection of people who want to start a company. Here's an excerpt: [COLOR=#222222]...
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    This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

    REAL ESTATE 
    Check out this awesome and inspirational story from NPR.
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    Would love to hear your feedback for an idea

    IDEA 
    Hi everyone, I joined this forum today after finishing the book. MJ, if you're reading this, thanks for writing a book that got me off my butt. :) As Mark Cuban puts it, I don’t want to be a “wantrepreneur,†I want to be an “entrepreneur.†The other day, I got an idea for a...
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