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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Since 2003, October has been recognized as National Cyber Security Awareness Month in an effort to promote safety and security online.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations.

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When being an “expert” is harmful

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Shoot, I used this excuse myself recently: “I built a company and forged dozens of customer relationships in the software development tools sector; I know exactly how to sell into that market.&#. Non-technical people now employ technology (iPhones, Facebook). This is wrong for a number of reasons.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. “No new business is worth starting in these times unless it can go global.” – Sir Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group.

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Lean Startup at Scale

Startup Lessons Learned

We work in prototypically four-week iterations, with quality engineers and software developers working in close collaboration. This finally bit us after a four month stint of development blew through its testing schedule by a factor of four: two scheduled weeks turned into two months before the product reached stability.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. So I packed in my day job – as a software developer – and devoted more time monetizing the blog and website. My interests were in technology, and my dreams were in California. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13- Photo Credit: Andrea Siy.

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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. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. But I loved reading them and so did my team.