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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).

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The Rising Importance Of Images In Google Search

Duct Tape Marketing

Mike i s the Co-founder and Analyst at Near Media where he researches and reports on reputation, reviews, and local search. In this episode, I talk with Mike Blumenthal about the technology behind visual elements in search, the role that images play today in search, and how and why you should be using images in search to your advantage.

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Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning.

Steve Blank

It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) I see now how this method brings much more value to the table and how I have fit my place in with the idea that I am trying to accomplish, even if my skills and abilities are not technical.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

One of the most compelling case studies of this shift away from apps and back to websites came earlier this week from Jason Pontin , the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Technology Review. After launching iOS and Android apps in January 2011, Technology Review ran into development, sales and other difficulties.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Heres my diagnosis of his problem: He has some automated tests, but his team doesnt have a continuous integration server or practice TDD. And has the tension goes down, it will be easier to get the whole team (including the MBAs) to embrace TDD and other good practices as further refinements. I'm a die hard believer in TDD.

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Transcript of Creating Content that Ranks in Local Search

Duct Tape Marketing

You know, has Google gotten or the search engines gotten so good at understanding the semantic meaning of what we’re writing that, you know, we don’t really need to worry as much about feeding the machine? From video to community events, a lot of other things are pushing out the definition of what we know to be content.

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