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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. What are the most common skills in each category?

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. It was originally started as a college dorm project, where many of the best products on the web seem to hatch. After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. Acquia, Inc. Because they are open source.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

It will also lead to a massive expansion of government, whose only function will be to try to interpret and unravel an impossibly complex set of new tax rules. How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?” Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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A Big Data Imperative: Driving Big Action

Occam's Razor

As I interpret it, big data is the collection of massive databases of structured and unstructured data. All the way back in 2007, I was evangelizing the value of moving away from the "small data" world of clickstream data to the "bigger data" world of using multiple data sources to make smarter decisions on the web.

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10 New Israeli Startups, Hear Them Roar

VC Cafe

SiteBlackBox is a provider of SaaS tools that monitor, secure and improve the points of touch between web applications and their users. Our customers include the world’s most demanding government and security organizations, urban authorities and law enforcement organizations. " 3) SiteBlackBox. 4) 3i-MIND. 6) PlugWallet.

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? Key To Your Digital Success: Web Analytics Measurement Model. Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. How To Excite People About Web Analytics: Five Tips. The 10 / 90 Rule for Magnificent Web Analytics Success. Who Owns Web Analytics?

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Should You Really Reduce Form Fields?

ConversionXL

ImageScape.com) case study from 2007-2008…. After analyzing the Unbounce database, Oli Gardner found the following… If you have only one to three fields, you’re likely going to see a higher conversion rate. Bryan Eisenberg , IdealSpot.com: “Web forms are a transaction. Tweet It!]. What Other Data Is Out There? Conclusion.