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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Mark: Google had trouble dealing with customers and contracts because they historically were so engineering driven. 29:45 minutes.

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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. Because I have an unfair advantage in my network, because I’ve invested in blogging for three years. Because through speaking around the world and mentoring at Capital Factory I’ve earned an amazing network of advisors. And what’s the point anyway? I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Both of these moved signal a renewed focus on making both Profiles and Places pages more important in their ecosystem and perhaps ultimately in a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. Having an engineering or scientific background is what makes you more attractive for investment, not an MBA. The scientist and the engineer understand that failure is part of the process more than anyone with a business or arts degree can. It scares them to try. The good part of failure.

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