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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website. GoodBuzz allows organizers to leverage on various channels – email, social networks, banners, word-of-mouth, etc. – to promote their campaigns.

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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. This includes e-commerce websites that ship internationally, content news sites accessible in the European Union, social networks like Facebook and Instagram, and more.

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Millennials In Asia Are Ambitious And Entrepreneurial: VISA Study

YoungUpstarts

Much has been written about the characteristics – and quirks – of the Millennial Generation, those born between 1982 and 1995. Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot.

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E-tailers: Boost Your eCatalog With Pinterest

YoungUpstarts

If your company has been relying solely on Facebook and Twitter for social media marketing, it’s time to start using the power of Pinterest to extend the reach of your eCatalog. The main advantage Pinterest offers over other social networking sites is that it is all visual. Kfir Bar-Levav started out as a sales rep in 1995.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more With the largest functions of the old IT regime—desktop support, system administration, network engineering and training—becoming obsolete, what is the future of IT?

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more With the largest functions of the old IT regime—desktop support, system administration, network engineering and training—becoming obsolete, what is the future of IT?

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

Up and Running

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. Create a pre-launch landing page to gauge interest (ask people to submit their emails). Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Simply put, it’s not solving a real-life problem.

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