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This is part 3 of the 6-part series where I present a set of best practices start / build / contrarian output for digital entrepreneurs. The first part examines the processes and the people who surround the boot process / build / output. The second part was about the players: entrepreneurs, investors, investment bankers and lawyers. The pitch, valuation and financing This section examines how to pitch, value and fund your digital baby. This is the process necessary meat and innovation. The pitch I hate to start focusing on the form in relation with an implied indifference to the content, or otherwise said style over substance. But the shape and style is extremely important especially for investors who are generally more impressed with a sweet appetizer than a real meal. Snarky comments aside, it is obviously important to "throw" very well - as so many «start-up gurus" tell us all the time. Some of the advice is really very good , but some are awful. Here are ...

While dumping investors Groupon GRPN-7.24% 's share in recent months, Alibaba group holding (NYSE: BABA) the market for a few dollars each. Obviously Alibaba sees something in Groupon other investors are missing. While I can not speak for Alibaba, I can mention several reasons behind Alibaba investment in Groupon. First, new CEO of Groupon is to get the business model right company. Business in the early Groupon model promised consumers major discounts on various products and services, provided that enough consumers signed up to take advantage of the discount. But that did not work. So Groupon changed its business model by offering discounts on the products listed on the website, regardless of the number of consumers to sign up for the offer. At the same time, the company simplified functions focusing the core North American market. These moves seem to have worked, as evidenced by the recent economic that hinted at a recovery to buy online local commerce, especially in Nort...

In the following decades, the United States is going to look much grayer. By 2050, the number of Americans over 65 will almost double to 81.7 million, with the share of the total population Rising to 21 percent from about 15 percent now, according to projections of the census. More than 10.000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day. The Philadelphia 76ers’ senior citizens dance team perform during a time out in the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 5, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pa. Almost every part of America will become more senior-dominated, but some more than others. To determine where they are concentrated more heavily their elders, we looked at 2014 American community through surveys of the country 53 largest metropolitan areas and looked at which areas have high rates in the elderly. In many ways, these areas are already experiencing what most of the country in the coming decades. The most aged regions largely come in two forms. Retirement metropolit...