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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

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This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs. Or you could use open-source software to develop your product, which is often free or low-cost. The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. The Renault Logan.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

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Hunter Walk: I know you started Dogster, one of the seminal early online communities, but I don’t know Dogster’s founding story. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) Photo Credit: Christopher Michel. How did the site come about?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Computer Software. NAME Verizon Communications. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. NAME Yahoo.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

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Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation. They are doing tens, hundreds or even thousands of code deploys per day, while delivering world-class stability, reliability and security. It wasn’t a fluke.

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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

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This presents a chicken-and-egg question: are people with mental health issues more likely to become entrepreneurs, or are entrepreneurs more likely to develop issues due to their lifestyles? Don’t expect pinpoint software to solve your problems. Build community into your lifestyle as deliberately as you mold your business.

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Attracting a CTO to your startup

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