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Do Small Businesses Still Need a Website?

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.  The dramatic growth in social media use - especially Facebook - is resulting in more small businesses choosing to use social media sites as their primary, and in some cases only, web presence.   Social media sites are also inexpensive to create and use.    The idea is simple. 

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1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010

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" The other drivers are, of course, the expansion of broadband and the growing availability of video content on the web.  Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   The main driver for this shift is price.  home has 2.93

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Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy

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Most small businesses, of course, are limited to the domestic market.  .  Key quote: While global players like industrial conglomerate 3M Co. and burger giant McDonald's Corp. are getting ever-bigger boosts from their operations in fast-growing economies like China and Brazil, companies dependent on the U.S. View an alternate.

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Silicon Prairie

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"  He was joking of course, but it did make me realize a lot of folks are unaware of the interesting technology activities going on in the midwest.    I mentioned it the other day to a Silicon Valley friend of my mine, and he responded "must be the smallest news site in the world."  View an alternate.

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Coworking Labs - Our New Research Blog for our Coworking Project

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.   In-person and telephone interviews will be used to augment the survey research, dive deeper on topics of interest (the role of social media in coworking, for example) and develop case studies.   We will, of course, continue to post on coworking on this blog. Having trouble reading this image?

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Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode

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  The iPad is, of course, the most successful tablet so far.  .  Tablet sales in Asia - currently negligible - are also expected to grow rapidly. To put this into perspective, about 300 million PCs and 175 million Smartphones were sold globally in 2009.    Apple sold 4.2 Having trouble reading this image?

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Angels Versus VCs

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" VCs, of course, used to invest in raw start-ups.  .  Key quote: "I believe entrepreneurs should seek angel money when their product is not yet complete, is not in the market and thus they cannot demonstrate real market traction to investors.   Kudos to Wilson for telling it like it is. View an alternate.

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