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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. Lil Wayne, Swag Surfin.

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Closure

Steve Blank

– Cornell University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center at Carnegie Mellon University; and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California at San Diego. I liked to fail fast, move on, and not look back. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

Nolo Press has a Web page on employment law that has lots of information. When I see a BS from someplace like University of Illinois or Stanford, I believe the probability of ending up with a successful employee in the future is higher. Eric Sink is the non-legendary founder of SourceGear , a developer tools ISV located in Illinois.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. Tool: Adobe Sitecatalyst URL: Omniture.com/sitecatalyst What it does: Segments traffic to determine “high-value” Web visitors and offers real-time analytics. The breakdown: “We get most of our Facebook data by marrying up Facebook Insights data with our Web analytics from Adobe Sitecatalyst.

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6 SaaS Metrics You Should Track - ReadWriteCloud

www.readwriteweb.com

Read their latest case study: A Canadian Printer Leaves its Servers in Illinois. Along those lines, last week, Ryan Carson, co-founder of Carsonified offered a list of six key metrics for your web app and how to track them.

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6 SaaS Metrics You Should Track - ReadWriteCloud

www.readwriteweb.com

Read their latest case study: A Canadian Printer Leaves its Servers in Illinois. Along those lines, last week, Ryan Carson, co-founder of Carsonified offered a list of six key metrics for your web app and how to track them.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Web Design/Tech Services. WSJ Web Slice. LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. - Travel Agencies. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). Consumer Services (B2C). Domain Name/Basic Site. General Internet. - ISP/ASP Services. Software. - MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES. Apparel & finished fabrics.