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Eating My Elephant, But Only The Important Parts

April 10, 2017 by Bill Wagner

I'm eating another elephant, but only the important parts.

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April 10, 2017 /Bill Wagner
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Silence Cannot Be Quoted

February 06, 2017 by Bill Wagner

When you say nothing, no one can misquote you, and nothing can come back to bite you in the butt. Plus I've been too busy getting better at other stuff to feed the outrage machine. 

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February 06, 2017 /Bill Wagner
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Startups Pivot. I'm Doing It. AGAIN.

December 05, 2016 by Bill Wagner

I'm getting into deeper waters in the startup world. It's time to change how things are done around here.

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December 05, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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3 Reasons (And More) To Use UScreen Video Platform To Grow Your Business

October 23, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Video on demand subscriptions are the new cash flow gold mine. Just look at NetFlix. Uscreen is the all-encompassing platform business can use to capture their own piece of the pie.

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October 23, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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Unbank Ventures FinTech Startup Cohort #1 Participant Summary

September 24, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Similar to the rundowns I've previously done about The Mill startup cohorts, here's a summary of the first Unbank Ventures FinTech startup cohort participants.

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September 24, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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"Free" Social Media & Click Funnels- The New Age House-Flipping Infomercials

September 18, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Social media and sales funnel software systems are the new low-hanging marketing fruit. The overnight success stories poisoning the internet fail to tell you how much hard work went into the process.

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September 18, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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Virtually Repairing A Broken Startup Accelerator Model

September 09, 2016 by Bill Wagner

The current accelerator/incubator model has grown into something serving the needs of the money rather than ideas. Brett Noyes is fixing that with his virtual incubator Unbank Ventures. 

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B2B Social Media Is My New Favorite Thing

September 07, 2016 by Bill Wagner

I'm getting into world of B2B social media. The more I study it the more I look forward to doing it. Here's a short summary of what's out there, and also my thoughts at the end.

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September 07, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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A Freelancer is a Startup is a Freelancer

August 29, 2016 by Bill Wagner

A freelancer is a startup company on a smaller scale. A startup is a freelancer who has scaled their product. My path so far is exactly the same as a startup as I develop my product, find the right market fit, then refine it to meet changing user needs.

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August 29, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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Apparel Startup Good Ole Boys Is About Loyalty, Brotherhood

August 18, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Good Ole Boys is a men's apparel startup building a brand all about loyalty and brotherhood. Neal Moseley tells me the story behind his company and why the hats are so important.

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Plow.io And The Ethics Of Content Curation

August 11, 2016 by Bill Wagner in Startups, Ethics and Technology

Does the fact I'm contributing to the construction of a behavorial marketing database mean I have a moral and ethical obligation to anyone but myself? Does Plow and its partners owe anyone any kind of explaination? 

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August 11, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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Joel Milne: Startups Are About Capital And People

August 08, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Being a successful startup is about having good people around to scale the business. That's a great feeling for a motivational poster. Joel Milne testifies as to its reality.

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3 Reason I'm Helping Plow.io Be A Big Data Player

August 05, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Content is king is the tired saying, but why is it? It's easy, fun, and all about mapping behavior. Here are three reasons I'm helping Plow.io do their thing.

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From Purple Cow To Startup Unicorn

August 01, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Before your startup can be the next unicorn, you have to be a purple cow. 

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Why Safe StartUp Periscope Casts?

July 29, 2016 by Bill Wagner

The most important question for a startup is why. As I build my audience with Periscope, here's why I'm doing it.

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July 29, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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RedFlint: Completing The Startup Puzzle With Education & Access

June 30, 2016 by Bill Wagner

As a follow up to my Iron Yard post, I had a chance to talk to the Managing Director of RedFlint Las Vegas. Shavonnah Collins was engaging and wonderfully insightful about the current state of education and business in the country.

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Iron Yard Ventures: Right Time, Right Place In Las Vegas

June 06, 2016 by Bill Wagner

Sometimes things come together in the right place at the right time. Iron Yard Ventures in Las Vegas is the right accelerator in the right environment. This gaming and hospitality startup builder opens in the fall. I spoke with Ryan Negri about his plans for making this whole thing happen

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June 06, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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Animate Your Life With Mobile App Lomics

May 31, 2016 by Bill Wagner

The Lomics mobile app is a simple and easy way to capture viral moments from the black hole of user generated content. The app pulls out important action, puts it into a comic strip format, and adds text to narrate the action for you.

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May 31, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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DAMAC's Custom Data Center Solutions

May 12, 2016 by Bill Wagner

DAMAC custom builds data center server racks. Structure is its newest offering and the latest in development in making data centers more efficient. 

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Conversational Commerce With Mobile App ShipChat

May 06, 2016 by Bill Wagner

ShipChat is a mobile app created by Matt Guarneri. He brings shippers and customer together through his chat platform to simplify and streamline the negotiation and delivery process so everyone walks away satisfied.

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May 06, 2016 /Bill Wagner
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