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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

ConversionXL

Product leaders often believe it’s cheaper to buy software than build it. You don’t need a large development team or outside capital to build your own software from scratch. Gartner forecasts enterprise software spending will total almost $572 billion worldwide by 2022. The problem your new software or technology will solve.

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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. It’s the best place to sharpen your skills and discover important trends, making you better at what you do and igniting your love of code. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. Navigating the cumbersome processes associated with my father’s tragic cancer diagnosis and treatments, I drew on my deep experience in design, user research, software engineering and data analysis and turned my entrepreneurial attention to healthcare.