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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. You can easily integrate this portal with different social media channels. Here, acts such as social media endorsements work best. Social media implants awareness regarding top trends.

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

He would trade in 1994, for example, his basic food allowance to pay for his first computer class while studying art and philosophy in Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I). GoodBuzz allows organizers to leverage on various channels – email, social networks, banners, word-of-mouth, etc.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. FICO credit scores, business cash flow and business debt are being joined by cash-flow reports, direct deposit data and, in some cases, social media reviews and metrics during the approval process. How it Works.

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What QR Codes Can Do For Event Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Invented in 1994, as the smartphone became more commonplace so too did the use of QR codes. Capable of holding a lot of information, this kind of code has long been a part of creative banner printing , posters, flyers, postcards and other offline media. Or, can be used to link to relevant apps or other media.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

And African-Americans have the best ecosystem for tech adoption more than any group situated in tight-knit, high-density urban communities — social media stats can prove this fact. Stuff CNBC and other media outlets don’t want to acknowledge. So as Techcrunch was creating that crazy silly blockchain web video with Guy Kawasaki (lol!)

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

How this research is transferred outside the university, and why this “tech transfer” process is important was the focus of an interview with two of the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Want to be a guest on the show?

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

This ubertrend spurred a host of subtends, including reality shows, like MTV’s The Real World , which debuted in 1992; Celebrity Worship Syndrome , coined in 2003 and propelled by “pixel paparazzis;” HDTV in 1998; helicopter police chases, including the infamous 1994 O.J. Streaming Media.

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