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Cast of Planet of the Apps. Left to Right: Jessica Alba, Will. I. Am, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gary Vaynerchuk We've all seen Shark Tank but did you know there are other shows inspiring entrepreneurship? Well you don't have to lay in bed late at night with Mark Cuban's face imprinted in your mind anymore. Check these competitors out: Planet of the Apps I've talked about Gary V and his show Planet of the Apps before. PotA is an upbeat tech/app (hence the name) focused series that combines Sharktank, a 1 minute elevator pitch, and business savvy celebrities into a fun, intense, dogfight over investees. The one minute to share their idea is a great way they can sort out who's not gonna waste the investors' time. Another unique feature is after a celebrity picks them, the investee gets prepared by their mentor to go in front of 4 venture capitalists and make an improved version of their pitch to raise capital for their apps. While this is very stressful, ...

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (I guess you could throw in Microsoft ). How do you compete against these companies? These are some of the most cutthroat companies out there. They will copy your idea faster than you can get your idea to production, let alone copyright. They know about your idea before you do. So how do you win? How do you beat the people that can have it put into their own market places before you blink? Here's a few strategies: 1. Speed Just like David beating Goliath you need to get your butt and your business moving. Get your product out as soon as possible. If it's an app, you need it in every marketplace and you need it now. Soon enough these Goliaths will have it made/developed/researched/designed before you put down your morning coffee. So be faster. Get it published. Get it recognized. Get it so you're big enough that you are getting offers from the big companies and they can't replicate it because your brand is associated with yo...

Look we all know when you roll up to clients, you want to look like success. Here are 5 cars that take you from intern to director and make people take you seriously. 5. Maserati Quattroporte:   $105,600 At the higher end of our price range, the Quarttoporte is a unique, eye catching piece of art. With its 424hp V8, you can have some fun with it too . The backseat is roomy so taking clients to lunch in this thing is no problem. The only downside to this car is the price but for what you're getting its totally worth it. 4. Mercedes AMG CLA45 Coupe: $50,400 Isn't this thing sleek ? Make your employees jealous when you come to work in this beast. With a 0-60 at 3.8 seconds, this thing screams . The genius of this car is you can get away with it being professional enough but its also mean enough to turn heads, especially when you peel out. Downsides to this car are lack of room in the back (even in the 4 door) and if you're not used to it, it's too fa...