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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. Truth be told, if I didn’t welcome you, it’s possible no one would.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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5 Critical Factors for Optimizing Luxury Ecommerce Sites

ConversionXL

Most of them only have technical details. Don’t get me wrong, the technical details of a product are important, but they should supplement a real product description). Take this segment of a description for a $2000/night villa in Los Angeles from luxury rental site Luxury Retreats. Image source. Image source.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. Back in 2010, we were running a digital agency in Los Angeles for premium fashion brands when they came upon the idea for NuORDER. Photo Credit: Brad M.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. And of course, this is 2000. This one really started getting legs in the late '90s, early 2000s. Eric Ries : And pretty unusual among tech platforms, if we're being honest. Now a cynical host would say, "Well that was my money that was due to me."