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22 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

The company I admire the most for innovation is Shiseido, not only this Japanese company have had the ability to attract customers in different markets and different demographics, also do the development of raw materials and beauty technology mixing Japanese ingredients found locally with technology found globally. 13- Google. I love Google.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor).

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

The research and engineering that goes into these products ensure that they are durable, and even though expensive, at first, their value for money is exceptional. They pioneered Ruby on Rails, they were one of the first advocates of remote work and they take customer care to the next level. Thanks to Daniel Foley. #7- 7- Facebook.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Ruby specialists. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Jones Lang Lasalle: Global commercial real estate services. Cushman and Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

These investments include Kaggle, a startup that compels engineers to compete against each other in order to solve “hard problems,” and Continuuity, Parse, Pushd and Citus Data. The partners are currently in the middle of successfully raising their second fund. Crunchboard.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering. The Ruby community in Kuala Lumpur is fairly small. There is this drive to create something new, crazy, innovative and globally game changing.