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3 Trends Entrepreneurs Should Track

YoungUpstarts

The rise of social media and community news sites has been a great boon for artists, democratizing both the commercialization and dissemination of art projects of all kinds. The green, sustainable, organic movement has gone mainstream and people everywhere — not just in Portland — are looking to grow their own produce. DIY Creativity.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

For us, this was the color green and our SellStrong bands. On the final days of the quarter, everyone at Bazaarvoice dressed in green to emphasize company unity?—?that When I started Bazaarvoice, I had a reputation due to my success with Coremetrics and also my status as a member of the Shop.org Board.

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TECHSTARS AUSTIN KICKS OFF 2020 MENTORSHIP-DRIVEN ACCELERATOR CLASS, REVEALS 10 SELECTED STARTUPS

Austin Startup

Homebuyer (Cincinnati, OH) Dan Green, CEO Homebuyer is a lead nurture system for mortgage lenders that reduces customer acquisition costs and increases per-loan profits. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Citefull

Austin Startup

If we could get the the right crypto products and services into underserved communities we could vastly improve lives and eliminate poverty. One manager’s mantra: “Your reputation will always precede you, make sure it’s a good one. ” What has the startup experience taught you about life? Working at startups means working in teams.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. same thing goes for the majority of the Java community).NET

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