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15 Mobile Security Best Practices For SMBs (Or Anyone Else For That Matter)

YoungUpstarts

No one would suggest eliminating smartphones from our day-to-day lives and business operations, so following some simple mobile security guidelines can make all the difference in protecting your private information. Use an access code/password/or pattern sequence to lock/unlock the device when it is not in use.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

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.

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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

Hunter Walker

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. It’s been an amazing run.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

In the early 1990s, my brother was working for a company that was going through the roof selling shareware software via catalog. Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli.

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Beyond the Full-Time CMO: How Companies are Opting for a Fractional Future

Duct Tape Marketing

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This is John Jantsch. Do you see anything?

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. Founding Date: 2004. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. round closed in June 2004. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.