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4 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An App Developer

YoungUpstarts

Do they have a presence in their local tech industry? Different leaders will approach projects from different perspectives, for example, consider whether they have a strong commercial, creative or technical background. Finally, review the apps they have built. encounters delays.

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

Technological progress has significantly altered our lives, specifically by increasing carbon dioxide emissions from various corporations. Now, let us imagine that 10 of them took the bus due to the lack of their own car, 5 used car sharing vehicles, and another 5 purchased bicycles. Carpooling is one such corporate mobility service.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. A growing number of skeptics are openly talking of a ‘high tech bubble’. They are not alone. Global Demand.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

According to an Accenture study, companies are increasingly becoming invested in creation, with 62% of high-growth companies planning to invest in technologies that lead to higher rates of innovation study. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000.

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[Review] Tell To Win

YoungUpstarts

State-of-the-Heart Technology. Towards the end of the book, Guber acknowledges that storytelling technologies like blogs, YouTube videos, Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms could change how storytelling evolves. Surrender control of your story such that your audience owns it (and is willing to tell it forward).

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This is due to the very definition of “average” — you’ll spend half your time before the half-way point, and half after. The general rule is called the Lindy Effect : For certain non-perishable things (like technology, companies, and ideas), the expected lifespan increases according to the length of its current age.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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