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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Decide if a forum comment violates community guidelines. CMOs who employ AI-powered marketing report significant gains in customer retention, engagement, and lifetime loyalty. Here’s a sample of tasks an AI can do using machine learning techniques: Sort an incoming business lead into the proper category. Post to a social media network.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. ”).

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. We reached out to the M.io

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Startup Act 3.0: A New Hope For Immigrant Entrepreneurs?

ReadWriteStart

One of the company’s four employees, its software engineer, is not an American citizen. While this bill isn’t a cure all for the challenges of building a new digital business, many in the community believe it could help spur innovation and open the door to an estimated 75,000 new entrepreneurs. start-up world.

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

Austin Startup

While supporting the LGBTQIA+ community at-large is a personal interest of mine , I must admit that my attendance at this most-recent ROMBA event was purely motivated by self-interest. I learned that software engineers?—?or As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc. there are many avenues. or developers?—?are

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Sadly, many people in our society come from communities where they were never, or rarely, touched by their parents, family members, or friends or only experience touch through sex. 7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech.