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Get 77% off TOCCs Wireless Bluetooth Cloud Buds

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by on July 31, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers, TNWDeals

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If you want to enjoy your favorite tunes while you’re at work, commuting or working out, tangled wires shouldn’t get in your way. With TOCCs Wireless Bluetooth Cloud Buds, you’ll have to fumble with your earphone cable again. At TNW Deals they’re just $29.99 (normally $109) including US shipping and $34.99 with international shipping for a limited time only, so get them now to take advantage of this unbelievable price. These beautifully designed in-ear headphones can wirelessly stream your jams from up to 30 feet away — so if you’re at home, the office or the gym, you don’t even…

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Crowdfunding vs VC Money – an entrepreneur’s perspective

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by on July 31, 2015 at 10:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, crowdfunding, Insider, vc funding

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Equity crowdfunding is growing, and fast becoming a real alternative to raising Venture Capital. Crowdcube have just claimed their first crowdfunded exit. After closing our own £2M crowdfunding round in June, we’ve been bombarded by founders and VCs asking us to share our story and hear what we learned. We have great existing institutional investors and have raised multiple VC rounds before, in this and other businesses, so we know both sides. So here it is, a founder’s guide to crowdfunding vs VC. Our crowdfunding experience For a founder, crowdfunding is seriously hard work. It’s a huge amount of preparation,…

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Murdering Auntie: ‘Top Gear’ presenters going to Amazon doesn’t mean we should kill the BBC

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by on July 31, 2015 at 10:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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If Auntie – the affectionate nickname given to the BBC – was a real auntie, The Daily Telegraph (for which I used to write) and the rest of the British right-wing press would characterise her as a feckless benefit cheat who has been sponging off the state for far too long. They care not one jot for her creativity or unique place in British life. And the licence fee, which pays to keep the BBC running as well as being sliced up for other services – some goes into broadband provision, some to Channel 4 and others – is the…

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10 ways to monetize your mobile app

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by on July 31, 2015 at 9:58 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, startup, YEC, yec.co, Young Entrepreneur Council

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Building a mobile app these days is easy. However, monetizing that same app has become nearly impossible, given how saturated the market is with free options (and potential customers unwilling to pay). So to find out how founders can make money from their app, I asked a group of entrepreneurs from YEC the following: Monetizing a mobile app has only gotten harder. What’s one overlooked strategy that actually works? Their best answers are below: 1. Signups and Emails If you have a newsletter, push it through your app. There’s nothing wrong with having an app that drives consumers to your website. It may not be…

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Your monthly dose of tech news from Eastern Europe: July

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by on July 31, 2015 at 9:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Eastern European entrepreneurs, investors and other ecosystem players didn’t seem to spend much time relaxing under the bright sun this month, but worked hard to make it to the headlines of tech media across the world. We’ve compiled the most significant ones in one handy round-up to save your time, so that you could actually enjoy the weather. If you think something is missing, or would like to draw our attention to an important story, feel free to ping the author on Twitter (@shlema) or by e-mail at shlema@gmail.com. Startups, funds, accelerators Baltic Innovation Fund has been increased to make…

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