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[US] The 10 Best Sectors That Are Boosting The Economy

YoungUpstarts

This industry is responsible for creating a number of green jobs that are supporting not just the green economy, but the U.S. Experts point out that investment in green jobs lowers unemployment while also improving the U.S. million in tax revenue since 2000, with California following shortly behind at 17,000 jobs and $185.5

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Product Launches: 5 Unexpected Lessons from the Real World

ConversionXL

View this post on Instagram mahabis selfie // we love this awesome set of unboxing photos by @mwgreenwood also with the gotland green soles! American Biophysics debuted the Mosquito Magnet in 2000, at the height of the West Nile Virus scare. This allows us to be both pro-active and reactive.

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Is Uber Really Worth $40 ($50?) Billion?

Mucker Lab

Without any hard numbers or rigorous analysis, I’ve alternatively played the role of brainless cheerleader and green-eyed skeptic – neither of which has convinced people that I’m a thoughtful and intelligent human being. Now among the world’s most iconic Internet companies, Uber is often compared to eBay circa 2000.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Similarly, the Green Button team at the U.S. Over 2000 proposals have been reviewed and over 40 investments made across the world in a wide range of sectors, with many more under negotiation. and securely share their medical histories with caregivers, import their prescription histories into mobile reminder apps, and more.

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Which Color Converts The Best?

ConversionXL

In North America, green is typically associated with jealousy. Green supposedly means nature, freshness, growth and money. Green vs red button war. There’s a number of interesting A/B testing case studies where orange, in our case mostly red, button was up against competition from various other colors including green.

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Google Boulder’s Gift to NCWIT

Feld Thoughts

The head of Google Boulder (I think his official title in Googlespeak is “Engineering Site Director”) is Scott Green. I’ve known Scott since shortly after I moved to Boulder in 1995. He was an early employee at Email Publishing (which became MessageMedia), my very first Boulder-based angel investment.

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Hardware as a SaaS business (HaaS?)

Eric Friedman

that is definitely now “in the green” because of my 2+ years subscription. Loss leading hardware products have always been around but seeing a proliferation of options and scenarios brings me back to the early 2000’s where folks were giving away computers/laptops for the option of a monthly subscription fee + advertising on top of it.