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Part 3: Alibaba and the 40 sourcing opportunities – Yahoo’s ace out of the hole
The not so secret life of an e-commerce entreprenueur continues… Reading The Economist last year my attention was grabbed by these words of wonder from Aileen Lee, a partner at venture capital firm...
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Crowdfunding steps in – where our banks fear to tread
The ‘Not so secret life of an e-commerce entrepreneur’ continues… What has the Statue of Liberty got in common with Kickstarter? Well in 1885 cash from more than 120,000 civic-minded Americans helped...
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Embrace the brave new digital world, but don’t shred the paperwork just yet
The ‘NOT SO SECRET DIARY OF AN E-COMMERCE ENTREPRENEUR’ continues… I found out today that the UKs ‘fastest growing’ crowdfunder, Seedrs has accepted my application to raise funds for my premium tongue...
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Injecting some science into the art of search ads
The ‘Not so secret diary of an E-commerce Entrepreneur’ continues… Marketing’s Holy Grail edged a little closer, thanks to the work of academics Chris Nosko and Steven Tadelis, of the Universities of...
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Identifying the VFM signal from the noise
The ‘Not so secret diary of an E-commerce Entrepreneur’ continues… At last – the Seedrs crowdfunding starter flag gets waved next week. And with it the 90-day race to raise £100,000 of capital for my...
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Can I hitch a ride on the Oxbridge crowdfunding bandwagon?
The ‘Not so Secret E-Commerce Entrepreneur’ continues… It’s incredible that Pret a Manger’s™ founders Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalf started their company way back in 1986; “with no money”. Yet...
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What does a digital googly look like?
The Not So Secret Diary of an E-Commerce Entrepreneur continues… It has been 2 weeks since my crowdfunding activity on Seedrs, the UKs fastest growing crowdfunding portal, began. This is what I know:...
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What has any government ever done for us tekkies?
(The Not So Secret E-commerce Entrepreneur continues…) Answer: Well Government did help in giving us Apple and Google … Don’t believe me? Then check out Marianna Mazzucato’s new book; “The...
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What do entrepreneurs have in common with the England football manager?
Answer: We have to put up with ‘D.O.G’ - Dysfunctional Opinion Giving E-commerce Entrepreneurs are no different from all the others – we tend to be Jack and Jane’s of all trades. Read more on What...
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150-year-old John Lewis can still teach e-commerce startups a trick or two
The Not So Secret E-Commerce Entrepreneur continues… I am on a mission to rid the planet of dirty tongues – with a deluxe range of tongue cleansers, sold via e-commerce. I am almost ready for launch of...
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“I have been baptised into the brave new digital B2C world”
The Not So Secret Diary of an E-Commerce Entrepreneur continues with his baptism of fire into the digital age. I was seduced by an article in The Economist that proclaimed: “E-commerce has matured to a...
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