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Episode 51: Utilizing IT for Profitability with Michael Spadaro

Mike Michalowicz

Michael’s forward-thinking approach to technology recently earned his company a spot on CRN’s Next-Gen 250 list of solution providers that are on the cutting edge of technology and business model shifts.

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Twitter Link Roundup #194 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Empower Your Small Business: fracking your customers, failure, should you give up on social media? Labor Day 2013 – Fair Pay and Pricing: What Your Customers Want – crowdspring.co/14V58Ju. 17 Best Stock Photo Sites for Designers in 2013 - crowdspring.co/1dD2VXF. 12 Business Card Design Bloopers to Avoid - crowdspring.co/14g8Rmo.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Of course, the hiring needs vary a lot and are dependent on the business model, but a skills gap analysis reveals that more product managers, programmers, and sales and marketing experts will be needed in the near future. Java EE, Java SE, Javascript, PHP, Software, Development, Software Testing, SQL.

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Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Andreessen Horowitz, Github, and Box Share 2013 Enterprise Insights - [link]. Good read about how Aviary changed its business model | The Verge - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. Low overheads make this a highly successful business model: the company only employs around 15 full-time staff [15].

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Case in point: the little gardening app upstart Sprout It shows up on multiple lists of top influencer marketing campaigns for 2013 for its Backyard Takeover competition. Prioritize social networks. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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Cornell Tech Company: Agronomic Technology Corp (Part 1), Guest Post by Deb Eichten

ithacaVC

For more than a decade Harold van Es, Cornell Professor and Chair of CALS Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, has lead a team of researchers and analytical software developers to create a modelling tool which would help address these issues.