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4 Definitive Ways To Deal With Outages

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was milking the moment as people flocked to Twitter, the engineers at Google weren’t panicking, according to employees from the Reliability Team who were participating in an AMA on reddit at around the same time. When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. While Yahoo! A banner ad.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Full-Time Employees, Freelancers (directly) or Contracts (through staffing companies) – This approach allows your company to maintain total control as it manages the fine details of the project.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

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How To Prepare Your Business For Black Friday

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The history of Black Friday dates back to the early 20th century, when department stores in New York City hosted Christmas parades, ran advertisements in newspapers, and promoted the holiday season with special events. There were 89 million shoppers on Black Friday in 2012, and 86 million in 2011. Seasonal Employee Hiring Surge.

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