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You Don’t Need To Be An Engineering Genius To Start A Billion-Dollar Company

ReadWriteStart

In a recent blog post , he argues that it’s not just costs that are at historic lows. ” Furthermore, he wrote, “back in 1993 we had to buy and continue to pay for maintenance on everything we needed just to build our service—operating systems, compilers, web servers, application servers, databases. You name it.”

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

Anonymity is the new black: You may remember in the early commercial web era – post 1993, we all had alias names and emails before we felt comfortable enough to convert to our actual human self on line. I guess it’s now just a stage in the evolution of human communication. We could regard this as evidence of its permanence.

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Customer Data Platforms: The Next Big Shift in SaaS Marketing Stacks?

ConversionXL

Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. I am naming your car ‘La Bamba.’”

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Pete Cashmore at Bloomberg Venture , July 7, 2010: By this point, anyone familiar with new media, technology, social media, and the Internet know Mashable, seeing as how it’s currently one of the largest, most profitable blogs around. Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org Chuck Feeney at RTE Radio 1 , Jan. Emily May at The Pixel Project , Jan.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

If you’re an eCommerce site, your category page or your product page is much more likely entrance into your site than them just typing in your domain name. Peter: John, what if I built my website in 1993 and maybe it’s due for an update? You built your website in 1993? They actually come in from interior pages.

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Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd

crowdSPRING Blog

As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company , coming up with a great company name for your new small business or startup can be challenging and time consuming. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge.