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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Image source ).

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Image source ).

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

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The Kimono learning algorithm automatically generates a data model. When you click “Done,” the bookmarklet creates an API, which is scheduled to update with any new data on the site periodically. It’s available in San Francisco, New York, and Miami. Sunrise is trying to make mobile calendars simpler.

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Personalization: How to Build a Revenue Boosting Program from Scratch

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Algorithmic segments. Marketing campaigns. Are people coming from an email campaign? Which campaigns specifically? Here is a simple definition from MarTech Today : A data management platform is software that houses audience and campaign data — yep, a data warehouse — from all kinds of information sources.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

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This directory was created by New York-based digital agency Kettle , “because it’s easier for Indiana Jones to recover the Sankara Stones than for someone with an idea for an app to find a decent app developer,&# according to the site’s creators. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and.

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Solving for Banner Blindness. Solve Media.

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Some companies are solving for this problem algorithmically. I haven’t really looked at the stats as to the efficacy of these campaigns but it’s a clear response to banner blindness. The New York Times also flirted with the idea when they created “Times Select,&# a paid portion of their site including their OpEds.

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