A story about a great place for starting a business

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You know what place is better than Silicon Valley for solving problems and starting businesses?

It’s called deep empathy.

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Bad marketing is always a people problem.

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No matter how it looks at first, bad marketing is always a people problem.

And that problem can sink a business, because marketing is the brain of a business.

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If IMDb.com had a last name, it would be ‘unassuming.’

That can be a bit surprising when you consider that IMDb (short for ‘Internet Movie Database’) is the world’s most authoritative website/resource continue reading

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Does your business need a ta-da website?

“Wait, what’s a ‘ta-da website?'”
A website that’s super simple and easy to use.

“How easy?”
As easy as breathing.

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The thing with hand-crafted products

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You sense when there’s been care taken with a product. Even at a glance.

The thing with hand-crafted products, images, stories, you-name-it, continue reading

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Your biggest competition for a new customer is yourself.

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Window shopping starts online. And yet, so many businesses shoot themselves in the foot online long before they ever get told “no” by a potential continue reading

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How not to miss the future: the short answer.

Accept that, regardless of your industry, you’re a learning company.

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Are you ready to start a company?

Successful entrepreneurs often satisfy a single but important unmet need of a market. If you can satisfy just one single but important need of a market, continue reading

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Turning the complex into the simple.

“You have a knack for turning the complex into the simple,” an ex-colleague once told me.

It’s not me; it’s karma. :) You see, English is my target language, continue reading

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Your best friend is a stranger.

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Facebook reviews.
Amazon reviews.
Google reviews.

Those stories by ‘strangers’ matter. A lot.
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