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Preventing Stupid: 3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask

YoungUpstarts

But in 2014, the oil price crashed — from $120 per barrel to down below $30. Failure due to ignorance regarding your business can strike either the management side or the operations side of a business. Aim to fix this problem with education, such as an ongoing crash course in business management or the technical aspects of the work.

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How to Be Ready for What’s Next

Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Chuck Swoboda, author, speaker, podcast host, and the Innovator-in-Residence at Marquette University. Cree was recognized as MIT Technology Review’s 50 Smartest Companies for 2014 and as one of Fast Companies World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2015.

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3 Essential Ways To Build Online Customer Trust In 2018

YoungUpstarts

The rise of technology has invited a fall in consumer trust. More and more each year, the online community is becoming populated by a generation of tech-savvy individuals. Google officially announced in 2014 that websites secured through an SSL certificate are rewarded with higher search rankings. Amplify Your Customer Service.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

People said there’s no money in hosting. The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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

Transformify

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector.

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Or seen a review of an iPhone app hung up on pricing trivialities: “It would be pretty good at $0.99, but it’s not worth $1.99.” Requires venture funding because you have no income, and if you’re successful you’ll need lots of people and tech to run the business. Again, like shared hosting companies.)

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I realized that this was an opportunity to solve a huge problem for an entire generation of parents and their kids using technology. Thanks to Jen Ohlson, Interactive Health Technologies ! #5- We started our business in 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. the golden era of technology. 9- Find my passion.