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Are Mobile Platforms Austin’s Differentiator?

Austin Startup

But, then so do the Bay Area, New York City, the Boston 128 corridor, and for that matter Houston and Dallas. A quick review of Wikipedia cites that a “computing platform&# is “some sort of hardware architecture and software framework (including application frameworks) that allows software to run.&#.

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Learn from People, Not Classes

Reid Hoffman

“Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. Look for people who are one year, two years, five years ahead of you. You [will] learn very different and important things.”. This kind of online learning belongs in any leader’s tool kit.

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10 Ways to Add Value to Your “Thank You” Page

ConversionXL

KlientBoost differentiates confirmation emails from confirmation pages effectively: “Consider the email to be an extension of the thank you page that outlives the redirect URL.”. Showcasing positive reviews or testimonials can reinforce the consumer belief that a transaction—of cash or personal information—was a good decision.

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Learn from People, Not Classes

Reid Hoffman

“Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. Look for people who are one year, two years, five years ahead of you. You [will] learn very different and important things.”. This kind of online learning belongs in any leader’s tool kit.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

abovethecrowd.com

I think the core thesis is one that’s almost tautological that, “Oh, yeah, you should be able to use these technologies,” smartphones, websites, the internet, transparency, pricing aggregation, reviews, and have some type of impact. People price differentiate all the time. Wouldn’t that be their argument?