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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. In 2016, 16.4% In 2016, Winnipeg’s tech market saw a growth spurt which led the city to become a booming center for tech talent in Canada. The province has a robust start-up community.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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The Austin Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge

Austin Startup

Back in December 2016 I had the idea to develop a startup pledge for diversity and inclusion here in Austin and since have informally been working with some folks to develop the idea.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

I was a volunteer at that event back in 2016 and on day two of the hackathon, I parked in front of a newly built house in the historically Black East Austin neighborhood where Huston-Tillotson was located. That same day back in June 2016, I decided I was going to be a software engineer. Job search Part 1. Job Search Part 2.

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Are You Ready for the Post-Flash World?

Altgate

Developer community of 3 million. Even though Flash remains near ubiquitous on PCs, web developers such as Robert Accettura give the technology a life of no more than 24-36 months. By 2016, 2.1 billion devices will have HTML5 support, according to ABI Research Data.

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Growing a Profitable Marketing Consulting Practice: My First Year as a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

My first interaction with John Jantsch was in April of 2016 at the annual Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. A copy of John Jantsch’s presentation at the 2016 Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. His current team includes a PPC specialist, web developer, and marketing assistant.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We thought of our last names but didn’t want Foss-Elliott Digital Agency or Elliott-Foss Web Development or anything like that. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Kind of a funny story. I started Ironistic with my friend, Jared Elliott. Yep, you guessed it. There’s some poetic justice in that.

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