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Why Startups Must Liberate From Hiring Platforms

YoungUpstarts

The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? In the filing, Fiverr revealed it had lost more than $38 million in 2018. For instance, an unscreened software contractor might go Missing in Action or write unusable code. Too big to fail. The way forward.

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Business Apologies: What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Do

ConversionXL

You spot a negative review on your Facebook page. Anything from automatic membership renewals to import fees for overseas customers could inspire a negative review tied to your brand—like this dissatisfied Kylie Cosmetics customer : 5. This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason [.]

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3 Reasons to Benefit from the Coming Wave of 5G

The Startup Magazine

The main features and future benefits were discussed and presented at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018 in Maui that was held from 4 up to 6 December. If you crave for details about the event, feel free to study up the reports or read detailed reviews, but now it’s not the main issue. Automotive/Smart Driving.

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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Building Your Brand in Texas & Beyond” with Dan Graham @ Notley Ventures Ranked America’s top state for businesses in 2018 by CNBC, Texas’ rapid entrepreneurial growth and business-friendly attitude have made the state an attractive place to start and expand a business nationwide. You don’t need rockstar engineers.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #4: Seven lessons learned on the journey from founder to CEO

Austin Startup

For the fourth selection of The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, I decided to celebrate ABJ’s Best CEOs of 2018. Sometimes these vacations would give me the clarity of mind to let go of an executive that I had been holding on to for too long (perhaps due to loyalty even though they had scaled out). He serves as our COO and acting CFO.

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