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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. Computer Software. Media & Marketing. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining.

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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. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

I got fired from a software sales job, started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions. I taught myself to code over seven years and wrote all kinds of applications. We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. I'd like to reevaluate this code and look for bugs and clean it up.

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