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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

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Besides convenience and affordability, online programs often offer courses and instruction that might normally not be open to the general public. “The boot camp is a one-week, intensive entrepreneurship education program that challenges you to start a company in 5 days. ” Lynda.com. ” Small Business Survival Kit.

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Three Questions To Prevent Your Technology Project From Being Poorly Managed

YoungUpstarts

For example, the field of computer programming does not tend to attract people with strong communication skills. Julie May is CEO of bytes of knowledge (b:ok) , which she founded in 1995 with her husband, Charles. Most IT projects require a variety of skill sets, from design and software development, to hosting and project management.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. He just hired Meg Whitman. the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Besides convenience and affordability, online programs often offer courses and instruction that might normally not be open to the general public. “The boot camp is a one-week, intensive entrepreneurship education program that challenges you to start a company in 5 days. ” Lynda.com. ” Small Business Survival Kit.

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How The Right Employees Have An Innovation Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

An employee of Sun Microsystems, James Gosling, created a new object-oriented programming language called Oak in 1995. Yet there is sometimes greater value in being very deliberate at calculating risk and making more thought-out proposals for change. He de-risked it initially by using it to set up client Time Warner cable boxes.

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8 Ways The Stakes Are Higher On Customer Expectations

Startup Professionals Musings

The days of brand control are over, so you need a strong outreach program. Generation Z (born after 1995) is a new major spending demographic, who expects to do everything via their smartphone, and lives on YouTube videos, instead of reading instruction manuals. Customer service is a key part of the marketing budget.

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website. “ GoodBuzz is a (form of) guerrilla marketing program for those who are ignored by journalists and the mainstream media,&# says Koutonin.

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