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Selecting a Web Development Company

SoCal CTO

Different firms will have very different skill sets: Do you need user interface design? Graphic design? You will find firms that are design/interface heavy and light on development. Most of the rest of the post is going to focus more on finding development rather than design firms. Or are you starting from scratch?

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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash

David Teten

So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Further, we support this with weekly flash reports that focus on key operating metrics of the company.”. Best Practices in Spreadsheet Design.

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5 Blunders To Avoid With Your Real Estate Website

YoungUpstarts

When designed properly, a real estate website can be useful for lead generation and building client relationships. When it comes to web design, usability is very important. To avoid this, it would be advisable to work with a professional UI/UX designer. Check out his portfolio and connect on LinkedIn. Poor usability.

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12 Questions: Meet Rommel Rojas (Venezuela)

crowdSPRING Blog

I’m multimedia designer and amateur photographer/filmmaker. How did you become interested in design? The internet explosion becomes the definite integration of art and technology for me and I was very interested in every aspect of web design and programing. Which of your designs are your favorites and why?

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Twitter Tips To Help You Land A Job

YoungUpstarts

If you have background in graphic design, customize your background to highlight your skill sets, professional experience and interests. If you have a website showcasing your portfolio and resume, put it there. Look the way you would at the office and don’t forget to flash those pearly whites. Update your profile.

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A Proven UX Research Process to Redesign Your Website

ConversionXL

A high-level stakeholder can overrule research-based decisions, designers can clash with optimizers, and the bevy of simultaneous changes can make it impossible to identify which changes are to blame if a redesign performs worse than its predecessor. Flash) or one whose design is clearly dated.

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Tattoos and YCombinator Demo Day

This is going to be BIG.

Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. They started flipping through some books and examining designs up on the wall. Emma picked her head up and flashed me an equally perplexed look. It was June of 2003. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. So there I was.