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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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Page360 awesome post W3 Consulting Note: you can have multiple domain names: one for conventional (and one for emotional) branding purposes, several for SEO/SEM purposes, and several for Web analytics (where are my *offline* advertising dollars breeding positive ROI?). Also, to address the issue of "OMG! My company name is forever!

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects. All Rights Reserved.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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Advertisement. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. Advertising. The three biggest competitors (onet.pl, wp.pl, gazeta.pl) are also living mostly on selling flash advertisements.

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One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks

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at 3:03 am To x: The point is that as a software engineer you get obsessed with irrelevant detail. 10 x on 07.15.09 a better va maybe spends only 10 mins. You have ego and a desire to solve problems yourself. You can’t let go. You want to be the hero of every situation and the bride at every wedding.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

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But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. So, while your post is a good summary (of things that cant be learned quickly.