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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

But some coworking spaces really take things a bit higher, offering gorgeously designed spaces in historic buildings, community events, and even office mascots. Designed as a work space for writers, Paragraph takes up a 2,500-square-foot loft space in New York City. Visits start as cheap as $10 for a half day.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. Then Drew and I started hosting a weekly event on Upstream (every Friday at 1pm ET — even this week). It’s been a lot of fun. Public mint is Jan 2nd/3rd.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. Weve hosted some interesting tech entrepreneurs. The nation is in a sharing mood — and start-ups are capitalizing on it.

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

We host intensive programs for adults who want to “learn to code” and also do a lot of work with kids, helping provide earlier exposure to computer programming and getting them excited about the wild world of tech. For example, we host a free kids coding session every Monday from 4pm to 5:30pm at ATDC here in Atlanta.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

It’s the basis for much of modern design. We also wanted to avoid any potential brand confusion with words such as New York City, Metro, Gotham, etc. Additionally, not limiting ourselves to a New York-linked name allowed us the eventual freedom to produce in other cities without having to qualify ourselves.

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How SMBs And Startups Can Utilize The Cloud To Increase Their Bottom Line

YoungUpstarts

For many companies, cloud providers have taken the pain out of the traditional hosting model. For a growing number of reasons, cloud computing is much more affordable for businesses than dedicated servers or shared hosting. Mitch Wainer is the CMO of DigitalOcean , a New York-based cloud server and hosting provide.

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