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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

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While other industries have been quick to adapt to freelance employment, architects and engineers within the construction sector have lagged behind — and that is beginning to change. Here’s why the gig economy is coming for architects and engineers. Why globalization works. Companies can bid on more projects.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. Bigger jets, bigger engines, bigger ships, as opposed to the small changes that can make an enormous difference. The architecture/capabilities needed to build out a more resilient communication network.

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David Farley Of Anatomic Global – Making You Sleep Better

YoungUpstarts

One man has pretty much dedicated his life to ensuring that we snooze better – David Farley of Corona, California-based Anatomic Global ( www.anatomicglobal.com ), a provider of memory foam products primarily used for bedding. And then there is its new patent-pending “Comfort Support Architecture” line of nine mattresses as well.

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[Interview] Bo Zou, Toronto-Based Digital User Experience Specialist And Thought Leader

YoungUpstarts

It is based on over six thousand years of concrete applications in architecture, urban planning, social engineering, human relationship building, tools, processes, as well as communications. This is exactly why I saw the connection between the rich ancient Chinese doctrines of Feng Shui and the digital evolution of today.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. Toward that end, they have created two products.

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A Guide to Reputation Management: Build an Audience of Superfans

ConversionXL

If you’re talking about landscape architecture and you’re identified with it in social media, you have a plausible résumé. Take Gary Vaynerchuk (aka GaryVee), CEO of VaynerMedia, a global creative and media agency. Let’s say that you are a landscape architect. It’s best not to get too involved in review management.