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We have a choice whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the future

May 15, 2012 by Ross Dawson
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In the face of a highly uncertain future increasingly driven by extraordinary technologies, we have a choice whether to be optimists or pessimists. This choice shapes how actively we seek and create opportunities from change. [read more]

Tax Cheating and Tax Complexity

May 14, 2012 by James Maule
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If a person does not realize he or she is breaking the tax law, the person is not committing fraud. Depending on the circumstances, the taxpayer could be accused of being negligent, perhaps even reckless. But in order to commit fraud, there needs to be intentionality and knowledge. [read more]

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Don't Let Your Bad Brochures Screw Your Business

May 14, 2012 by Nikko Marasigan
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Brochures are used to raise public awareness for your product. A perfectly done brochure can give a good and lasting impression to potential customers, which can automatically translate to sales. Here are some of the reasons why you should have a brochure for your business: [read more]

Friendliest States for Small Businesses? Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah

May 13, 2012 by Kay Bell
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Small businesses are made the most welcome in Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah, according to a recent analysis by Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.Those four states each got an A+ grade from small business... [read more]

Engaging Your Macro Metric As a True Measure of Success

May 12, 2012 by John Jantsch
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Business owners and marketers are told to measure and quantify everything. The problem is this practice alone can lead to false assumptions and a fixation on things that simply don’t matter that much. Are website visits, Facebook Likes,... [read more]

Five For Friday: May 11, 2012

May 11, 2012 by Greg Verdino
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According to Forrester, it might be confusion, politics and the shock of the new. Get past that and you’re faced with a world of opportunity — to reinvent pieces of your business that haven’t traditionally been considered “marketing”, to rethink your approach to audiences and new markets, and to get creative in involving your customers in all sorts of innovation. This week’s Five For Friday is all about making change happen. [read more]

The Amazon Effect: Zuora, Citrix and the Acceleration of the Cloud Economy

May 7, 2012 by Brent Leary
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When Amazon started making their infrastructure and IT processes available outside the company firewall in 2006 it was a tipping point of sorts for business consumerization of the cloud. Companies of all sizes leveraged a variety of Amazon Web Services to store data, stream video, run online stores and a ton of other things. And now today consumers and businesses alike are adjusting quite nicely to life in the clouds. [read more]

Tolerance and Prosperity

May 6, 2012 by Fred Wilson
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Yesterday, my partners and I invited Paul Romer over to USV for lunch. For those that don't know, Paul is a leading thinker in the world of economics and currently a Professor at NYU. It was a fascinating conversation. My favorite part of it was Paul's "lecture" on William Penn, early Pennsylvania, and the reaction to the growth of... [read more]

Getting it Right the 2nd Time (our investment in SEOMoz)

May 1, 2012 by seth levine
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It’s not often in this business that you get a second bite at the proverbial apple, but with our funding of SEOMoz announced today we got just that. [read more]

Another Airline Merger

April 27, 2012 by Jonathan Salem Baskin
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I may be dim, but I’m having deja vu all over again after reading that the unions of newly-bankrupt American Airlines would rather consider a merger with habitually-bankrupt US Airways than pursue a draconian business plan proposed by their own management. [read more]

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