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RISE 2010 Registration Open

Austin Startup

The fourth annual Relationship and Information Series for Entrepreneurs (RISE) returns to Austin, Texas, March 1-5, 2010 with five full days of free sessions covering a wide range of topics of interest to aspiring, new and established entrepreneurs in all industries. RISE Funding Forum. RISE Fast Pitch Competition and the.

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Beauty Pays: Beautiful Websites (and People) Get Better Results

ConversionXL

In today’s article we’ll take a look at the world of beautiful people, products and design. Welcome to the world of beautiful design, beautiful people, beautiful products, beautiful everything. The year year is 2007, it’s early July and you are on the market for a new mobile phone. Beauty in web design.

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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

CareerPlug and Chargify first partnered together in 2018 after CareerPlug recognized it had a significant business problem that fellow Texas-based Chargify could solve. About CareerPlug Since 2007 CareerPlug has worked to make hiring easier for over 12,000 growing companies in the U.S. and Canada.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

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. SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007.

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Considering Employee Safety In Startup Mode

YoungUpstarts

In startup mode, businesses need to plan ahead for these regular safety training sessions as applicable to their business operation and also designate regulatory affairs duties to the appropriately trained employee. This may be related to employee use of equipment or the general logistical design of the business site and location.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. Heather Appleman (AKA, “Red Velvet”) came to us via Austin, Texas to become a mainstay of our Customer Service team. He also speaks Italian and is an accomplished quilter

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. The State of Texas looms large over Austin politics.

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