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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world. The free and growing open source software community, which covers most mobile and web apps, oppose software patents as impeding or prohibiting the distribution of free software. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/15/2016.

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The 2018 State of Conversion Optimization Report

ConversionXL

This is the third issue of our report (the first was published in 2016) and—with three datasets available—we begin to see some trends. The imbalance was evident in 2016, and the trend seems to be continuing (at least in our sample population). The female CRO population decreased from 27.6% (2016) to 17.3% (2018). of the total.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Announcing the 2016 Lean Startup Week Program

Startup Lessons Learned

Each year, we bring you new case studies from Silicon Valley startups (and beyond), government agencies, and global enterprise companies, along with expert advice from seasoned entrepreneurs and newcomers alike. If you’re thinking about joining us at the conference for your annual innovation training on Oct. Also on Nov.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality. I’ve been a member of the North Face global athlete team for over 10 years.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. 9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. 20- Add value to the global human community. Photo Credit: Ashwin Sokke.

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10 Key Business Domains With ‘Big Data’ Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Global personal location tracking. Global manufacturing. billion in 2016 to more than $203 billion in 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7%.

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