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Where’s your cookie?

Last week I stayed at a Hampton Inn and Suites. One of their perks is “cookie hour” whereby they have fresh baked cookies in the lobby from 8-9pm. It doesn’t get much better than than walking in from a long

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PayyMe is getting personal tracking personal payments and loans

Big banks can’t help anyone track personal loans and debts. They aren’t in it to help out your friends. That’s why I love the motivation behind PayyMe. They are building a peer to peer debt tracking system. Perfect for the

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Customers will be hopping into your store with Kngroo

Groupon made targeting small businesses popular for startups again.  Even if their big IPO flops they’ve created an anti-walmart “I’m going to target the little guy” mentality and that’s exciting. One startup that’s targeting the “little guy” is Kngroo.  This

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Swappist is an anti-scalper secondary ticket market

There is a huge future in the “barter-economy” and I’m rooting for Emily Kramer to be a big part of that future with Swappist. Here is their story.  1. Tell us about swappist? Simply put, Swappist is an anti-scalper secondary ticket

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Writing a good auto-responder to say thank you

When someone signs up for your site/service/list you get a second chance to make a first impression… But how should you use it? Here are some general guidelines and a good example from a KickoffLabs customer. 1. Say thank you

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Inspired by his family Vertioso founder discusses how to marketplace

Today we’re featuring Vertioso. People often ask me what other ideas Scott and I were discussing before landing on KickoffLabs and this is pretty close. Check out what Joshua Cook had to say about his “how to” marketplace that’s coming

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Bluefin Sketchpads wants to put your whiteboard online!

Today we’re featuring Derick Bailey and BlueFin Sketchpads. I personally love the concept and could think of 100 times I would have used it working remotely in the last few years.  I also love his advice that’s shared below…  Tell Us About

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CastingCode.tv wants to broadcast your code

Our second feature is CastingCode.tv.  I’m a sucker for any ideas that make it easier for people to collaborate or learn from anyone and anywhere in the world. This idea fits the bill perfectly.  Give them some of your attention:

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