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Why you probably don’t need an API strategy

The Next Web

Daniel Jacobson ( Twitter | LinkedIn ), is currently director of engineering for the Netflix API. Prior to Netflix, Daniel ran application development for NPR where, among other things, he created the NPR API. He is also the co-author of APIs: A Strategy Guide. The problem: “API Strategy”.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. Hunter Walk: Ok, we met back in 2013 after we invested in theSkimm and they said you were one of their friends/navigators of the startup world.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

They seized the opportunities presented by open APIs, and they rode the ongoing shift to mobile devices. Founded in mid-2013 and based upon an internal messaging system used to build the now-defunct online game Glitch, Slack mushroomed in popularity this year. Slack is a messaging tool designed to improve the way teams communicate.

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

Transformify

Academic Writing, Article Rewriting, Book Writing, Business Writing, Content Writing, Copy Typing, Copywriting, Editing, Report Writing, Video Editing, Email Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Marketing, Sales, Social Media Marketing, Telemarketing, SEO, Google Analytics. Business / Finance. Silicon Lagoon: Nigeria is leading the way.

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14 predictions for 2014 that media experts find unlikely

The Next Web

Part of my job as a digital and social media strategist is following expert predictions, in order to better help my clients at Firebrand Group innovate. The end of 2013 saw even more lists of predictions than I’ve ever seen previously – some of which were silly or just plain obvious. Social media is the secret to success.

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How to Use Google and Facebook for Customer Segmentation

Up and Running

In 2013, Google launched their demographic report within Google Analytics, and the collective cheer of marketers resonated across the globe. The ability to search through all the data in social media is thought by many to be the next technological “golden goose.” Facebook launched their Graph Search in 2013.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Recently I’ve been lucky enough to attend a few events which have been centered around what’s next socially and commercially. So I thought I might pull all these thoughts together in a new edition of Soundbites from the Future – The 2013 edition. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions.

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