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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

You don’t need a developer to use App Inventor, and you can create Android applications that use a smartphone’s features, including GPS and SMS. Familiarize yourself with the agency’s portfolio and get recommendations from colleagues whenever possible. Google’s App Inventor is a good example of a DIY tool.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. My answer was, and still is, that socially-oriented purpose-driven for-profits outcompete their marketplace competitors due to superior revenues generated from deeply loyal customers and expense saving from free word-of-mouth marketing and long-term employee retention (and even sacrifice).

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Tool and resource list for new founders

The Startup Toolkit

Github – repository for your source code plus task lists and collaboration with your developers. Dribbble – browse designer portfolios, many of whom also freelance. TextIt – create SMS applications without programming (e.g. Twilio – makes phone calls and SMS as easy to program as websites.

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Cracking The Code: iPhone, Apple TV and more from Mac World

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. You will need to buy the mapping software though (around $80-100). Cracking The Code on Facebook. Portfolio. (3). software. (10). Software 2.0: at 7:35 PM.

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270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

mashable.com

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD.