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The Intellectual Social Network

Start Up Blog

Quora is quickly becoming my preferred social network to ‘invest’ time in. Github – software engineers will pay monthly fees for the rest of their lives in order to create free software out of other free software! There is some info about it here. Instagram – filters!

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social.

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Small Business Marketing: Web Design Best Practices and Tips

crowdSPRING Blog

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. We see this as a great thing.

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Small Business Marketing: Web Design Best Practices and Tips

crowdSPRING Blog

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. We see this as a great thing.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

Start by making sure you build a great business brand, including a strong business name and a memorable logo design. IT/Software Engineering/UX or UI Design. A little more than 50 percent of startups fail in the first four years. You’ll want to do everything you can to foster the success of your new business. Accounting.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

My generation, dubbed Generation X after a popular novel of the same name , was typically characterized as being aimless and cynical, prematurely embittered by dead-end jobs, the generally awful state of the world, and an overall sense of cultural exhaustion. The world was also in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. They were selling hot sauce.