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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. " Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. December 4, 2008 4:43 PM Valto said. Eric, love the blog. Connect (off)line? Thanks much.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Engineering/QA. PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. After friends/family, there are professionals that can make a huge difference. Start a blog.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Vultures will start circling looking for deals. That’s a fact.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. in Computer Science.

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Search Engine Optimization Tips For Startups

crowdSPRING Blog

Search engine optimization (SEO) can provide low cost opportunities for a startup to market its products and/or services. We committed at the end of 2008 to learn as much as we can about SEO and to see what we could do on our own. Do you have questions or other suggestions to help startups with search engine optimization?