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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

So, set your business’s next product design on the path to profitability with the valuable lessons from these 5 positively staggering successful products. The iPhone’s touchscreen was sleeker in design and easier to use than a tradition button-based interface. The iPhone’s industrial design was unprecedented.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards recognize some of the most exciting tech developments in the connected world. 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. How long has this event been going on?

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

There is a middle class that is growing due to the tech boom. Another notable Austin-bred phenomenon is the Alamo Drafthouse — is cinema chain founded in 1997 that is famous for its food and drink service as well as maintaining proper cinema etiquette. First of all, what merits mention is Austin’s private consumer base.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses.

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7 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Redesign Your Small Business Website

crowdSPRING Blog

Your website is designed for you, not for your customers. You want to incorporate a design trend or best practice. Let’s look at each of these in detail to help you assess how you can make your website design work for you, rather than against you. As we wrote previously : A brand is more than logo design.