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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people.

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First Impressions Matter: Why Great Visual Design Is Essential

ConversionXL

Shows you how to create a visual design to improve first impressions. Users form design opinions in 17 ms. In fact, according to their study, some opinions develop within 17 ms, though the effect was less pronounced on some design factors. Diverting from those is a risk, no matter how imaginative or striking the design.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Fewer US startups now than in 1999. 10 Difficult Design Clients, and How To Deal With Them | InstantShift - crowdspring.co/GOizRW. LinkedIn - crowdspring.co/H47RXx.

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Twitter Link Roundup #144 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 35 Creative and Beautiful Business Card Design examples for your Inspiration – [link]. Showcase of 38 Well Designed iPhone Application Websites – [link].

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Autonomous Vehicles: Can You Get There From Here? (Part 2)

Agile VC

It’s also a reminder that, for the time being, driver attention is required even as more advanced aids or semi-autonomous systems are developed (all categorized as ADAS – advanced driver assistance systems). But the way forward will undoubtedly require meaningful changes to some combination of the following: Vehicle Development.

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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

In our final year of school we decided to start a website development company, which we named NBN Designs (Nothing But Net), for no other reason than UNC-Charlotte had a great basketball team at the time. 1999 – Here we are hanging out in our 2nd office – my parents’ basement. Raj, thanks for everything.