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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. He was using 3 rd parties to build his app but he had no expertise on how to manage external developers.

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How To Maximize A Limited Labor Budget With Gig Work

YoungUpstarts

Part of leading a small business is doing more with less, and labor costs are no exception. In its 2017 Global Human Capital Trends , Deloitte urges managers to stop viewing jobs as the basic unit of work and to instead break jobs down into tasks. If so, that’s a great opportunity to bring in a gig worker.

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SXSW Startups: Vence

Austin Startup

A finalist in Artificial Intelligence , which pitches at 11 am Sunday, March 10, Vence brings autonomous livestock farm management and reduces the cost of sustainably raised meat by eliminating the needs for infrastructure (fences) and labor on livestock farms while giving customers real-time control of animals at the same time.

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Crowdsourcing Hope With Online Donation Platform GoFundMe

YoungUpstarts

San-Diego, California-based GoFundMe essentially is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. The site lets users manage their campaigns, thank donors and even communicate with supporters. Enter a website called GoFundMe.com.

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Avoid These Common Pitfalls For a Winning Sales Presentation

Duct Tape Marketing

And so I went back to my alma mater, San Diego State University where I competed on the speech and debate teams there when I was in college. So we asked them, looking back over the last six to nine months, was there anything that you felt you did that cost you a win or a deal or an opportunity? And if not, why not?

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5 Things To Consider Before Starting A Mobile App-Based Startup

YoungUpstarts

by Colin Simpson, project manager at BlueKite Apps. Well, these figures are pretty high, but coming up with an app idea in a specific niche, plus manage to deliver the product is a big challenge. Due to its cost barrier model, it is complicated to demonstrate as compared to freemium apps.

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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

“We see agencies that are really good at lead generation, for example, they can make that phone ring, but if they’re not good at managing the relationship with the customer, they’re going to leave.” Doing the management consulting. So you got to learn how to manage the relationships.

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