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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. In this era of “open source” everything, open conversations on blogs make a lot of sense. That's great to hear.

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Twitter Link Roundup #37 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Color Inspiration: Awesome Red Websites – [link]. 50 Examples of Black in Web Design – Black is Beautiful! 50+ Ultimate Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Developers and Designers – [link]. 40 Amazing Web Apps for Freelancers – [link]. How to Prepare for a Web Design Project – [link].

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What Google's Penguin Algorithm Means for Your Business

mashable.com

social media = we were an advertising or public relations firm in 2010. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Same as typewriter ribbon and photo chemicals. Sharks will continue to exploit it and make $$$ off idiots in marketing willing to pay for it. July 3, 2012 09:22:07. Maps Lists.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

mashable.com

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Therefore, marketing and public relations are often tackled piecemeal by whomever has time. Treat these 10 tips as an appetizer for all there is to know about public relations for startups. Public Relations.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Flash vs. HTML5: The "Pong" Version 37Signals Creates iPad-Only Web App An Open Source, HTML5 Framework for i. Code for America Chooses 20 Developer. Public Relations Specialist - expert. YouTube Hits 1 Billion Subscriptions, View More » Dev & Design 10 Intermediate and Advanced Tips fro.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies. You now have a public relations nightmare on your hand. Anyone that downplays security is simply a bad developer for real projects. You now have a PCI-reportable data breach.

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