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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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The Best Small Business Tools of 2013

Up and Running

Here at Palo Alto Software, we spend all day every day building software and writing advice for small businesses and entrepreneurs. This is our list of favorite things from 2013. Some are truly “from 2013″ and were introduced this year, and some have been around for awhile but saw pretty significant updates in 2013.

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. What Pinterest owns is some code. So – what did you guys notice in 2013? His retort was classic.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Instagram announced last week that it will allow livestreams without the need to turn on video, essentially enabling live audio rooms. It has however, a clever marketing launch to build traction: a new user can reserve a username (capture interest), but requires 10 followers (or some hustle) to get an invite code.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. If you’re looking for a grant…. Indiegogo is a free-to-join site that hosts fundraising efforts made by pretty much anyone with an idea to pitch.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

Marc wanted to introduce software that could be both functional and cheap. Skype was the world's leading platform for video conferencing. She persevered and disrupted the beauty and skincare industry with her business acumen and diligence. The largest search engine and streaming site were eventually combined due to this.

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10 Startups That Changed The Narrative In 2013

ReadWriteStart

That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. 2013 showed us new hardware built by smaller companies for what seems like the first time in a long time. Hack stars making app development and learning to code easier are abundant.

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