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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, I still remember when Dean Kamen launched the Segway Human Transporter in 2002, predicting a transportation paradigm shift, and geared up to sell 10,000 per week for the next five years. Most other new vehicle designers have suffered a similar fate.

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Manage And Schedule Appointments With TimeCenter

YoungUpstarts

We previously looked at YourAM , a web-based application that automatically organize and manage business appointments in real time via the web and SMS, designed specially for small service-focused businesses that need to handle appointments for groups of people. Here’s a similar service – TimeCenter ( www.TimeCenter.com ).

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[Singapore] Westin Returns, Sets Up In Central Business District

YoungUpstarts

It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.

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The Guide to Your Nonprofit Whistleblower Policy

Board Effect

Whistleblower policies date back to 2002 with the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , which came about as a result of corporations that misled their investors relating to fraudulent financial reporting practices. Identify the designated individuals that are authorized to hear concerns. Reporting Procedure. Compliance Officer.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. You feel it, too.