YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

For China, small businesses essentially make up the country’s economy, contributing to 60% of its economy, hiring up to 3/4 of its workforce and fueling 69% of its exports. In a 2011 and 2012 survey conducted by McKinsey of SMEs in Asia, SMEs who use the Internet say it has helped them gain revenue as well as reduce costs.

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Asia Internet Small Business Indonesia 150

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

All software is supposed to save time, raise revenue, cut costs and boost productivity, but we now know how difficult it is to meet those goals. New wave tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter have to hire thousands of developers with six-figure salaries to offer products that work well. Build-it-Yourself to Do-it-Yourself.

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Software eCommerce Software Developers Software Development 248

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

December 18, 2012. They often have lower bandwidth. — Ryan McLaughlin (@ryanmclaughlin) December 18, 2012. — Tim Panicucci (@tpanicucci) December 18, 2012. chriscoyier fire incompetent devs and hire someone who can do it right from the start. — Nando Vieira (@fnando) December 18, 2012.

Web 96

Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

called The Rise of a Insta-Company, which theorized that open source, cheap bandwidth and increasingly falling cost of infrastructure would result in companies being built at a dramatically lower cost than ever before. None of them were hired by me, and instead they were picked up through a peer-review-hire process.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Before: For something a little lighter, in February of 2008 Mailchimp hired User Experience designer Aaron Walter and logo designer Jon Hicks to give the MailChimp experience the friendly vibe we’ve come to expect from the brand. million customers total) in 2012.

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