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3 Major Product Fails, And How To Avoid Their Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

Green ketchup, bottled water for pets, airport security “action figures”, yogurt shampoo – there have been some pretty epic product failures over the years. An estimated 75 to 95 percent of new products fail in the marketplace. Turns out people want their laptops to do basic things like run games, Photoshop, or work software.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

In my home town of Santa Monica they painted 19 miles of bike lanes green to help delineate bikes & scooters from cars and they built 3 miles of soft barriers to test how this works with traffic flow. While the ride-hailing market sees autonomous vehicles as nirvana due to no driver costs, the e-scooter market already has this built in.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Just what is the CTO supposed to do?

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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

A midst a 72% decline in funds raised by Israeli venture capital funds in 2009, Battery Ventures announced the completion of its new fund, BV-9, totaling $750 million. This is one of the largest funds raised in the first quarter of 2010 as VC funds struggle to raise money due to poor performance and low liquidity.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

10 essential tools to get your new web-app off the ground – [link]. Why software startups decide to patent … or not – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link]. Four social media lessons from the New York Times – [link].

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. Let’s explore some popular structures used for social enterprise: Nonprofits. Nonprofits have clear social missions and are not profit-driven.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

A/B testing differs from multivariate testing in that it only tests one variable at a time; in other words, you change only the button color (not the button copy or any images) and see how many users click the red button versus the green button. Some Code-Free A/B Testing Resources 1. Light-Coding-Required A/B Testing Resources 1.