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Don’t Lose Your Assets by Failing to Properly Monetize Your Domains

December 12th, 2007 by Mike Mann

Domains worth over $100,000 are essentially unique, branded small businesses. You can choose to ignore them and leave them idle, or place an enormous amount of resources on each, or somewhere in between. …

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LinkedIn: How to Build Your Own Powerful, Profitable Custom Network

December 11th, 2007 by Mike Mann

The following isn’t the way LinkedIn is “supposed” to be used, but I wouldn’t let that bother you. Your job is to get paid.
1. Decide how you want your long-term network to …

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WashingtonVC National Rollout Strategy, Alpha

October 4th, 2007 by Mike Mann

WVC intends to establish itself and promote its parts in 6 major US cities, DC, NY, BOS, SEA, SF, LA, and eventually expand accordingly.
Within each of those cities, we will partner with local business …

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Apple Convergence

September 28th, 2007 by Mike Mann

Until recently, I didn’t have much of an affinity for Apple, other than for Steve Jobs himself. I thought my coworkers spent too much on their boxes, I didn’t like the hype, and I thought the graphics …

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Social Network Theory/Uploading Address Books/Tagging the World with Business Cards

September 28th, 2007 by Mike Mann

To build a social network, a company wants to reach a critical mass of users as quickly as possible, especially if they want to sell the company before it becomes too entrenched or risky, for whatever …

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