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5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it

crowdSPRING Blog

For software developers 37signals has a great job board as does TechCocktail and if you’re looking for design talent Krop , Smashing Magazine , and elegant.ly they know how to write (a critical differentiator when choosing between two otherwise qualified applicants), 2. are great places to post your job. Ask around. This moment.

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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

One, a focus on great customer care has become, in the era of Zappos, not just a requisite checkbox, but an opportunity for differentiation, and a primary means of acquiring and retaining users (customer care as a revenue generator, not just a cost center). Two trends since that incident have made the issue even more important today.

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10 Best Practices for Better B2B Website Experience

ConversionXL

Usability heuristics are considered “rules of thumb” (or best practices) for user interface design. Translation for lead gen web design: Always tell your buyers where they are when navigating your site. Translation for lead gen web design: use phrases and words that your buyers are already thinking about and eliminate jargon.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. I couldn’t sew or draw so becoming a fashion designer was out. The robots then write out the note, stamp the envelope and send it on its way.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. Ended in Week 10 as autonomous button mushroom harvesting. If you can’t see the EdgeAI video click here. Team MushroomX.

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Out of the Crisis #10: HelixNano founder Hannu Rajaniemi on vaccines, suspending disbelief, and the power of stories

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries : And I hate to even bring this up, but just to dispense with the conspiracy theories that have been floating around, the fact that this is so well designed, seemingly, to penetrate human cells and to have these adverse consequences, this is not evidence that it was engineered in a lab? They are extremely well designed by evolution.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

Our design team is comprised of top talent who have been laid off or have grown disenchanted with the big corporate models of major fashion brands (though by requirement they all have at least 5 years of major corporation experience). Thanks to Stefanie Tacata, Stateless Fashion Design and Consulting. #2 crew, Aeropostale, etc.