Pitching venture-capital investors to launch or grow your business is a delicate process, so you need to tread carefully. There’s an art to making a successful pitch, says Aaron Levie, cofounder and CEO of Box, an online content-sharing company based in Palo Alto, Calif. He has raised $162 million in five rounds of funding and estimates … Continue reading Six Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Seeking Venture Capital
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Basic MySql commands
1. How to log in mysql mysql -u root -p Then input password. 2. How to log out mysql> exit 3. How to delete a database or a user mysql> drop schema <database_name>; mysql> drop user <a_user_name>; mysql> drop user <another_user_name>; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Or, mysql> drop database <db_name>; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 4. List existing … Continue reading Basic MySql commands
How to start/stop and restart a service on Linux
For example, MySql sudo service mysql start sudo service mysql stop sudo service mysql restart
Crowdfunding Secrets: 7 Tips For Kickstarter Success
Crowdfunding has quickly moved from trendy buzzword to a mainstream fundraising model. In less than five years, Kickstarter has attracted more than five million contributors pledging close to $1 billion, funding more than 55,000 individual projects. Rival fundraising platform Indiegogo can boast of a campaign that single-handedly generated $12 million in pledges. Numbers like these … Continue reading Crowdfunding Secrets: 7 Tips For Kickstarter Success
How Do Social Media Companies Make Money?
So far in 2014, we’ve seen Facebook stock (Nasdaq: FB) continue its dramatic share price rebound, Twitter stock (NYSE: TWTR) plunge more than 40%, and two new social media IPOs debut – GrubHub (NYSE: GRUB) and Weibo (Nasdaq ADR: WB) – but have you ever wondered, how do social media companies make money? We asked … Continue reading How Do Social Media Companies Make Money?
How does Google make money?
The Most Expensive PPC Keywords How does Google make money? Surprisingly, 97% comes from online pay-per-click advertising. At WordStream we can’t get enough PPC; that’s why we decided to conduct some research and find out what the most expensive keywords are in Google. Some of our results about the most popular and most expensive PPC … Continue reading How does Google make money?
How to set your salary as a startup founder?
As a startup founder, it can be difficult to determine how much money to pay yourself. Here are some tips to help you set your starting salary. Startups place an immeasurable amount of stress on a founder’s mental capacity. Especially early in the process, there are a legion moving parts that require an entrepreneurial artfulness … Continue reading How to set your salary as a startup founder?
Startup secrets: How to pitch a VC the right way
Venture capital investors see thousands of pitches per year, but they only invest in a select few companies. Here’s how you can make your pitch count. Convincing someone to lend you millions of dollars to fund your weeks-old business idea is no easy task. When you take into account the fact that an average venture … Continue reading Startup secrets: How to pitch a VC the right way
How to set up your own web server using Ubuntu
This is from a very old post. Ever wanted to have a place where you could keep your files and access them anywhere you get an Internet connection? Say you wanted to have your music library available in case you wanted to give a song to one of your friends, or maybe you wanted to … Continue reading How to set up your own web server using Ubuntu
How to obtain an Access Token (user and page) from Facebook for publishing post in Java API
1. Go to "developers.facebook.com" and log in with your identity 2. Go to "My Apps" and create an application 3. Go to "Tools & Support" and check on "Access Token Tool" 4. Go to "Tools & Support" and check on "Graph API Explore" 5. If you want to publish a message with picture, you should … Continue reading How to obtain an Access Token (user and page) from Facebook for publishing post in Java API
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