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Steve Anderson Baseline Ventures: Instagram's First Investor Explains What He Looks For In Companies. 7 Tips for Big Brands That Want to Reach Local Consumers. The Startup Curve. I'm working with a few startups right now that are in various phases of Paul Graham's startup curve: Many people think startups are up and to the right all the time.

The Startup Curve

But more services exhibit this "startup curve" than any other growth pattern. Of course, some never get past the trough of sorrow. But many do. Mostly by staying focused on the problem they are trying to solve and working diligently to get to the promised land. I had lunch with an entrepreneur yesterday who I've been working with for two decades now. It turns out, like most success stories, the answer was simplifying the service. This is why you must go through the roller coaster ride. So to all those entrepreneurs whittling away in their offices trying to find out when to release their product to the market, I say "get on with it". Le répertoire des aides publiques aux entreprises. Pour améliorer les relations entre les entreprises et les pouvoirs publics, une base d’information de référence sur les dispositifs d’aide et d’accompagnement aux entreprises est mise en place.

Le répertoire des aides publiques aux entreprises

Son objectif est de recenser en un endroit unique les aides à destination des entreprises et des porteurs de projets concernant tout les moments de vie de l’entreprise, sa création, son développement, ses projets d’exportation, d’investissement, de recrutement … La mise en place de ce service sur les aides aux entreprises s'inscrit dans une démarche plus large de simplification engagée par l'Etat dans le cadre de la modernisation de l’action publique. L'enjeu à terme est de faciliter l’accès aux aides et harmoniser les formulaires. Il permet de consulter dès à présent les aides publiques qui proposées aux entreprises par les services de l’Etat, les organismes publics, les collectivités locales, soit environ 4500 dispositifs, déclinés sur tout le territoire national.

"Recruter de nouveaux clients avec une application mobile est très rentable" Pour le co-fondateur de l'agence Bemobee, c'est l'application qui permet d'obtenir le meilleur ROI dans le cadre d'une stratégie d'acquisition clients sur mobile.

"Recruter de nouveaux clients avec une application mobile est très rentable"

Le mobile est-il un bon outil pour acquérir de nouveau clients ? Oui, c'est certain. Technology and tools that will shape the future of how we travel. The Next, Next Thing. Computers have been getting steadily “better” — faster, smaller, cheaper — for sixty years.

The Next, Next Thing

But they get “smarter” — more capable and more broadly useful — in discrete leaps, the biggest of which don’t happen very often. We’re overdue for our next big leap. Working with computers is intoxicating. The price/performance curve is always moving to the right. How to Fix Location-Based People Discovery. Philip Cortes is co-founder of people discovery startup Meeteor.

How to Fix Location-Based People Discovery

Follow him on Twitter @philipcortes. No clear winner came out of South by Southwest’s battle of people discovery apps. Highlight seems to have received the best press, and according to Robert Scoble, about 5% of SXSW used the service. Despite this buzz, the consensus was that all of these services fell short of expectations. Why did these apps fail? 1) Lack of Single-Player Mode. 2) Not Capturing Intent. The social overlap between users can act as the lubricant that facilitates meeting, but it alone won’t compel two strangers to meet. 3) Transparent Privacy Settings. 4) Pick a Niche. 5) Mimic Offline Behavior.

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