Monster Competitive Intelligence

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I had lunch last week with Ed Melia of P3 Capital Ventures.  A couple of months ago, Ed had introduced me to a wonderful opportunity to volunteer at Boston’s Career Collaborative and we got together after helping out there last Friday morning.  Ed has a fascinating perspective on human capital and is a leader in […]

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Best Practice for Online Marketing

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The fast-moving world of online marketing has taken giant strides with the advent of social networking.  SEO and SEM are now the basics and MySpace, Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter are all the rage.  As new tools come on line, I pay close attention to what Guy Kawasaki is saying and doing.  He not only stays right on […]

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The Venture Quest

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Many start-ups literally spend years chasing venture capital funding. Now, sometimes that perseverance makes sense, but often it does not. Still, once an entrepreneur has decided that her enterprise is suited to VC investment it can be difficult if not impossible to change her mind.

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