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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

Since 2003, October has been recognized as National Cyber Security Awareness Month in an effort to promote safety and security online. To combat this, schedule regular updates across all devices and platforms, from desktop and mobile operating systems to web browsers, and so on.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

No one else in the safety industry is able to offer Optician-On-Demand and it looks like a developing winner for the company. The Target website very easy to use and their mobile apps are by far the leaders in the consumer retail shopping experience. Thanks to Darya Jandossova Troncoso, Kdan Mobile Software Ltd. ! #20-

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. From banking software to cell phones, as markets develop and grow, more user-friendly products with fewer but highly-polished features are winning the game. Viktor Marohni?

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. On measurement.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Since then, Adidas has developed into a world whole recognized for its premium athletic attire. MaryBeth Hyland founded Spark Vision to assist companies to develop collaborative office cultures.

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Bloomreach’s Growth and Move Into Mobile

Lightspeed Venture Partners

It was at that time that I reconnected with Raj De Datta, a fantastically talented repeat entrepreneur with whom I had gone to Harvard Business School from 2001-2003. Congrats to Raj, Ashutosh and the rest of the Bloomreach team on their exciting next chapter and for developing a truly an amazing Mobile product.

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