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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Do so at your peril.

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How to Build a Startup Team

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Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr.

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Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

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Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. software. (10). Software 2.0: ► 2006. (7). Cracking The Code. Monday, February 12, 2007. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6).

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

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More Stories in Apps & Software. it was what the networks were selling before ‘behavioral’ got hot in 2006. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. Print Story. Email Story. Topics to follow. e-Commerce. Like Tweet.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. AJAX-savvy media queries? Oddly enough, this doesn’t mean removing pages. Tossing Out Pages And Content Blocks. But that’s me. Smashing Book 1 in HTML.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. Google purchaed travel industry software company ITA Software for $700 million in July 2010. ITA Software.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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In 2006, Kapor founded Foxmarks, a popular Firefox Firefox add-on later renamed Xmarks Xmarks. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development.