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Top Free CRM with Document Management – Bitrix24 Review

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In my opinion the best CRM with document management is Bitrix24 . That is, if you want something free or very inexpensive - Bitrix24 is free for 12 users or $99/mo for unlimited users, while SalesForce full document management options will cost you around $260 per user per month, which comes to over three grand a year per person who needs CRM with document management. Before I go into detailed review, there’s a lot of confusion about what document management is when it comes to CRM. Some CRM vendors say they have document management, because they offer integration with Google Docs or Dropbox. Some, because you can host and share files inside CRM. Some, because their CRM issues invoices.  So let’s look how Bitrix24 handles document management , because I believe this is what document management inside CRM should look like. First thing I love about Bitrix24 is that you are given two options - use (free) online cloud document management service or host it on your own server (the self-...

Barstool Sports - Sexism Is Profitable

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Tip of the day -   Need company name? Try crowdsourcing   http://www.barstoolsports.com/ David Portnoy's Barstool Sports is the bible of bro culture. Rude, crude, sexist and often mean-spirited--even Howard Stern has complaints--the site has become a go-to for young men who say they are disenfranchised by the mainstream media. With legions of fans, Barstool is expanding its original content offerings and even eyeing a move into broadcasting. Is this take-no-prisoners style of entertainment the future? And can Portnoy continue to cash in on controversy? The natives are growing restless. "We want Pres!" they chant. "We want Pres!" Barstool Sports' Blackout electronic dance music party is approaching critical mass, but the site's founder, David Portnoy--the self-appointed El Presidente, aka The Mogul, aka Davey Pageviews--is unfazed by the controlled chaos erupting around him. Ignoring the entreaties of the capacity crowd assembled here at Boston's Ho...

Best Free Basecamp Alternative (Bitrix24 Review)

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When people talk about Basecamp, they tend to either love it or hate it. I am not going to go into holywars here, but let’s just say that if you fall into unhappy category or want some of the same but free  - there is no shortage of Basecamp competitors and there are a lot of solutions to choose from. The two most popular FREE Basecamp alternatives are Bitrix24 and Asana . Let’s look at Bitrix24 here, because in my opinion it’s the best alternative on the market, far superior to Asana on several grounds. Price – the fully featured Bitrix24 is free for 12 users. If you want to have unlimited users – that’s $99 a month. Platform – cloud and self-hosted versions are available. The self-hosted version (i.e. the one that you host on your own server) comes with API and source code, so you can modify it as you please and integrate with other tools. Migration from Basecamp – easy, special free migration app is available through Bitrix24 marketplace (must log into your Bitrix24 account to...

Wacky Business Ideas - Turning Guns Into Jewelry

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 Tip of the day - Need company name? Try crowdsourcing http://libertyunited.com/ The New York-based startup, which Thum launched with his wife in June, has a specific mission: take guns and bullets off the street and turn them into beautiful pieces of jewelry. So far, the company has collected over 1,000 guns from law enforcement agencies in Philadelphia, Newburgh, N.Y., and Syracuse, N.Y. Thum said he picked those three cities because of their high rate of gun violence. Eventually, he hopes to partner with cities nationwide. In each of those cities, Liberty United also works closely with the mayor's office. "We've had a terrific relationship with the cities and their police departments right from the beginning," said Thum. Typically, after law enforcement agencies confiscate illegal weapons, they catalog and destroy them. Liberty United takes the guns after they've been cataloged and sends them to a blacksmith who disassembles and smelts them. Liberty United col...

Cookbooks - the future of publishing?

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  Crazy Startup Of The Day -  PickyDomains.com The bells have been tolling for hardback books for years, but for cookbooks--suffering from the proliferation of online recipe databases--it has been more of a clanging gong. In fact, in June 2012, webzine Slate declared the "impending extinction" of cookbooks. Not so fast. The smart set has turned out to be publishers who bet that the generation that expects everything for free online would pay top dollar to learn how to make dinner special. "Young people are excited about being involved in food," says Daniel Halpern, co-founder of Ecco, which recently launched a food imprint run by chef, author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain. The demand reflects a broadening of our food culture, spurred by the rise of food TV. "There is passion, interest, energy," Halpern says. "I've been doing this since the 1970s. This is not a fad. People have to eat, and now they want to eat well." It took discerning c...