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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

The 1st round of five projects – MyUSA (formerly known as MyGov), RFP-EZ, Blue Button, Better Than Cash, and Open Data Initiatives – launched in August 2012 with 18 inaugural Fellows. Each team of innovators is supported by a broader community of interested citizens throughout the country. ProjectMyUSA on Twitter.

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Capital Innovators Graduates First Class of Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Anthony Favazza, CEO of DiningCircle has hired a CTO that will be overseeing a rebuild of our product in early 2012. "We Our customer base pipeline is growing as we're in the process of closing several contracts. Since joining the program, he has seen an increase in ad sales and also received new investment capital.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When we created Yeeply in 2012 we were sure IT hiring was going to be all about freelancing platforms and remote work. Sandboxx is a social media platform used by over one million service members. High-Tech means I can consult with high-tech companies, use high-tech methods, and provide high-tech services. 4- From a nickname.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. It’s still the Pacific Northwest, and Dealmaker Media has assembled an eye-opening list of speakers. Voted “Next Tech Titan” at the 2012 GeekWire Startup Awards, Tableau Software is on a huge growth trajectory. Snow Creek Technology Law PS. 07/06/2012.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

I was basically a consultant without the payment and I basically got taken advantage of. If you can't do that convincingly, go get investor money and hire a consultant. So to close, a technical co founder and a low cost consultant are not the same thing. ► 2012. (3). Act accordingly. Programming. Relocating.

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Twitter Link Roundup #167 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Best Social Media Tools For Your Small Business – [link]. Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Can Money Buy Happiness?

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour. Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Media and e-commerce sites are prime customers of this.