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Where to focus in 2012

Up and Running

The common tone going into 2012 is cautious optimism. Instead, focus in 2012 on your high payoff activities and leverage the abundance of low cost, no cost marketing tools available to you. Engagement - with the economy still being vicarious, solidifying relationships with your network, prospects and clients is key.

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Giving Tuesday: How BoardEffect Is Giving Back to Nonprofits

Board Effect

BoardEffect was founded in 2007 by a team of web developers that served nonprofits and educational institutions. The web developers determined to make the duties of the wonderful people they worked with easier by making a program to help them lead their organizations more efficiently and effectively.

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13 tech trends to adopt before the year’s end

The Next Web

Though it’s incredibly valuable to be an early adopter of 2012′s tech trends, it won’t hurt your company to be right on time with everyone else who is just discovering them now. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What tech trends are you watching closely in the second half of 2012?

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Websites such as 604jobs.ca Graphic designers and illustrators are no longer considered a starving artist and computer network technicians are keeping the tech companies running. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

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IGNITE! pitch event at Microsoft – September 4

David Teten

Chalkable provides the core tools a school needs like gradebook, calendar, feed, and attendance and allow 3rd party web apps to tap into that data via our API. This allows teachers to use amazing web tools in the classroom effortlessly. We piloted in 3 schools and will be in 50 schools in Fall 2012. Welcome to the virtual mall.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

But, before they were big names, they were simply a team that needed additional money urgently to pay their website development firm. After realizing the “traditional” approach wasn’t getting them anywhere, they turned to their network. “We Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co.

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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

So, the Founder Institute has developed a solution to this long-standing pain in the ass that all startups experience. Website: fi.co. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012.

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