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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

It offered independence from financial establishments, which in the wake of 2008 were universally considered unreliable, and mere convenience. That was basically the message of most advertising campaigns of FinTech companies back then. Why stand in line and sign a plethora of papers in the bank, if you can pay/send money/etc.,

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

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Deep Search on Product Attributes with Israel’s Ineze [Interview]

VC Cafe

Along with Omar Shamir (Product Indexing), they founded Ineze in 2008. Gil has specialised in Internet and network infrastructure, Koby, a graduate in Communication Networks, has worked for SuperDerivatives, and Oren, who has a degree in Computer and Cognitive Science, has over fifteen years of software development experience.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

After leaving Juno, he founded his own software company, Fog Creek Software. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Stackoverflow was created in 2008.

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Twitter Link Roundup #64 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Fundry – Crowdfunding software development – [link]. Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. Advertising doesn’t sell stuff – [link]. The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 – [link]. – [link].

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

It’s a dating website that is free for users and makes money from advertising. The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. Having managed a lot of software development both local and offshore, this is a topic I plan to write more on. Advertising.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Distributed Systems Software Engineer. Android Developer. Android / iOS / Python / Django Developer. Web Developer. Platform Software Developer. Sr Developer (JavaScript/Flash). Software Cloud Engineer III. Software Cloud Project Manager. Training and Development Specialist.