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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

If your website technology doesn’t allow for responsive design, it’s time to start talking about an upgrade to a platform that does. Many reasons, such as better customer service and more technical support, since everyone on the hosting team is an expert in your software platform.

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Be Coachable

Austin Startup

Mentors can provide everything from very technical support to basic business skills. They may have family or professional commitments that limit their mobility, and they may just not be comfortable hanging with the 20-something genius crowd that counts on free beer as an amenity and is on the cutting edge of technology literacy.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Consider the timeline of adding a technical support team member. Since that takes four months, we have to be able to predict the demand for technical support at least four months in advance, because we have to be hiring for that future demand right now. Technology & Infrastructure.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. A really good technology executive can notice problems like the ones Im talking about today and address them proactively.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. Frustrated by the FDA’s 20 th century processes for 21 st century technology, companies hired lobbyists to force a change in the laws that guide the FDA regulations. When I was a kid, this was science fiction. Outside the U.S.,

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