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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. Why are they called the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards? The awards emcees and entertainment guests have also been one of my favorite parts of the ceremony?—?particularly

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) In 2012, analysts estimate they will do $425 million in revenue and $85 million in EBITDA. That is why I’ve chosen athenahealth for the third in my series on scaling (following Akamai and TripAdvisor ). Founding Story: A Pivot.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Mr. Kalghatgi is a recovering engineer with several years of experience in front-end design and development focused on mobile and web UX before completing his MBA at Harvard Business School. In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc. Thursday, January 12, 2012. as a director in their business development group.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

That was in April of 2012 and I can confidently say that I sold the books, I bought the ring, and I got the girl. And agents were struggling to connect with clients at the right time when they really needed help rather than prematurely because of the way these first websites were designed. In 1997 we were IT consultants.

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A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

blog.teamtreehouse.com

Learn Web Design, Coding & more! Dec 3, 2012. Not long ago designers who laid out web pages also had to plunge into myriad layers of nested tables, ferreting out that one misplaced or making the same tedious width change across many pages. Designers shopping for a framework are likely to see similarities among their options.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

When I sold the company in 2012 to HelloWorld, I spent a lot of time writing thank you notes. Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4)