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How to Get Your Startup from Point A to Point B

Startup Professionals Musings

By Bob La Loggia, CEO StormSource Software I enjoy the ride on a good commercial airline flight. If you don’t, you might take a left turn and end up in Cuba. ###### Today’s guest post is by Bob La Loggia, who is the founder and CEO of Appointment-Plus online scheduling software.

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When Products People Love Die in the Cloud

This is going to be BIG.

He was an early adopter of technology in his practice, buying a computer in 1987 and getting some of the earliest versions of tax prep software. In the desktop software world, you could do that. In a cloud world, software has a continuous cost of upkeep. When the company dies, the software dies.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

I, I literally just wanted a pizza and I was a software developer and so I wrote a version, one of, of a neighborhood delivery guide showed me all the restaurants delivered to me. I was making about half as much money as I did as a software developer, which wasn't great, but it was like, okay, this is all right. I had quit my job.

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Beyond Reason: 8 Subconscious Marketing Techniques to Boost Sales and UX

ConversionXL

The example below is for “Maverick Biker,” a package designed for the curious cyclist who wants to visit Cuba. One big advantage of the IAT is that it is scalable and relatively cost effective because it uses computer software to carry out the test. To capitalize on this implicit goal Airbnb created lifestyle experiences.

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Top 5 Fastest - Growing Freelance Platforms in 2020

Transformify

Actually, Transformify Freelance Platform is part of an integrated single sign-on HR Suite comprising of ATS, HR Software, Freelance Platform, Employer Branding, Diversity Hiring, billing & payments. Thus, employers need the time tracking software provided by Hubstaff and pay a licensing fee. Transformify Freelance Platform.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. At one point we had to turn off all the hosts in Cuba, because US companies weren't allowed to work with Cuban citizens. Git is another decentralized protocol really for version control and software. I was working at Airbnb as one of their early employees.

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