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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. What’s the customer acquisition cost? Who influences a sale? Who recommends a sale? Who is the decision maker?

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

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How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch

Software By Rob

I contacted the company and it turns out they have a royalty-free version that allows you to “freely distribute your own Applications that use [the component] as a runtime component without payment to [company].&# March 12th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?