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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

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The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. If people want to enter for the 2020 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards , when does that process begin?

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How Netflix Creates Immersive Experiences with Exceptional Design and UX

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Netflix began in 1997 as a video rental competitor to Blockbuster. From here, the user can customize their profile name, add child restrictions, and even add up to four additional profiles for family members or friends to watch across devices anywhere in the world. The loss of live sports in H1 2020 contributed to further declines.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Warren Buffet, 1997. After all, in the year 2020, investors that had access to VC-backed IPOs, earned $206 million in average one-day gains for each of 165 separate offerings, for a total of $34B in one-day wealth transfers (including over-allotments). Last year, 2020, the AVERAGE IPO was underpriced by 47.9%! If you bid $0.01

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