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#askadeveloper Your Web and Programming Questions

Up and Running

Do you need help expanding the functionality of your website, or improving the design? Are you wondering which web hosting service to use, or which programming language you need to learn, or what’s important to look for when hiring a software or web developer? Are you looking for resources to build your app, or your website?

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Loyalty programs have not changed much since the first airline loyalty cards took off more than 30 years ago. Survey after survey show that in most cases, businesses have no clear way of calculating the ROI of their loyalty programs. We discovered that fan pages on Facebook could become the heart of new generation loyalty programs.

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Today From 9am–10am PDT: #askadeveloper Your Programming Questions

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In honor of National Programmer’s Day, we invite you to join us on Twitter with your computer programming questions today for the first-ever Bplans #askadeveloper Tweetchat. She has been working in software development since 2000, with extensive experience in website design and functionality. About the developers.

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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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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Offering a “holistic entrepreneurship program,” this residential community has entrepreneurship at every step of the college experience. Only 15 technology startups are accepted at a time, but what the program lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Harvard Innovation Lab. Innovation Depot.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). We have invested in building an associate program that seeks to work operationally with our portfolio companies rather than looking to source new deals. Let’s start with the fund. And there’s much more of this to come.

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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Everyone from engineers and designers to customer service and support staff was included. I would ask everyone to bring examples of how the principles would affect their department or the work they were doing,” says Moore.

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