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Twitter Link Roundup #128 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Linking To Facebook Pages Lowers Ad Costs – [link]. Clever Twitter ad from Smart Car Argentina. 32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts – [link]. Mobile Payments Won’t Replace Cash or Credit for Another Decade – [link]. The Twitter IPA: What does defensive really mean? – [link].

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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

There is a good documentary about Bitcoin in Argentina that highlights similar concerns, in that case driven by the economy and inflation. High transaction costs are another possible driver of Bitcoin adoption. M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP. What do you think ?

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

Determining which of these methods of staffing software development projects is right for your company can be a challenging endeavor, and three opposing characteristics of business need to be considered: cost, risk and convenience. Below is an overview of what you need to consider and the pros and cons of each option for IT staffing.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In Argentina, putting a “la” or “the” before someone’s name is a sense of endearment. I then wanted to play off of the strong Hispanic presence in San Antonio, a feeling of familiarity & friendliness, low-cost, and variety, so “Tacos” came to mind. Photo Credit: Josephine Caminos Oria.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

Just as the first California wine to win a blind-tasting in France in 1976 created legitimacy for all wine producers in Northern California and created hope for producers in places such as Chile, Argentina and Australia, the success of one tech entrepreneur in an emerging market can lead to a new valuation for all who follow.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. With the recent wave of on-demand offerings from taxi cabs to mobile dry cleaning, consumers have started to rethink the way they book and buy products and services. Do you know how much it cost 2 days of “holidays” for the company?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc. SolarEdge boosts PV system output to enable cost efficient production of up to 25% more energy from any PV installation.