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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Women’s experiences are often used to further a male lead’s story or as shock value for the audience. Brands were no longer discovered in traditional media only; instead, consumers were discovering and embracing brands through cross-channel experiences in traditional media and searching online. 29- For appreciation.

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Banner Ads Suck (and How to Make Them Convert Better)

ConversionXL

An example: Source : Banner ads on the left and right have strong visibility but zero relevance to the audience (the site is related to gaming). In 1997, I chose to suppress a similar finding: users tend to click on banner ads that look like dialog boxes, complete with fake OK and Cancel buttons. Plain looking but bold design.

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The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room

Both Sides of the Table

Attempts at “moving up the stack&# – In 1997 I led a project to help senior management at British Telecom define its Internet strategy. Torso TV - Television was designed for a mass audience in a single country. As does ViiKii and countless others racing to serve fragmented audiences the good stuff. But the torso?

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

07:00 PM: TechSet Party Speakeasy – This Friday SXSW kickoff party unites the digerati as they channel their inner Fame Monster by reviving a decade of style and glamour that made the social elite go ga ga. A social translation program is one way you can make your website more accessible to a global audience for less.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997.

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Design for Startups: The Aesthetics of Web Apps in 6 Questions

www.readwriteweb.com

Although a large portion of audiences still use Internet Explorer, especially in corporate environments, designers arent afraid to provide Safari, Firefox, and Opera users an enhanced design through the usage of CSS-based rounded corners, shadowed text, CSS gradients, box shadows, etc. Lesson learned KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE.

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