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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. Thanks to Lorie Carson, Real People Finder ! #20-

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

With immediate access to homegrown apps on their new smartphones, people can find services that are directly relevant to their needs (like local food delivery and Wi-Fi access finders). Good apps are more likely to be developed by people who have been taught the basics at early ages, by good teachers.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

mashable.com

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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19 Funding Resources for New and Existing Businesses

Up and Running

For instance, the Delaware Brownfield Assistance Program offers funding for a small business that plans to develop environmentally distressed areas in the state. One of the more lucrative federal grant programs is the Small Business Innovation Research Program, which helps businesses with research and development projects.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

There were no one-on-one career development conversations with employees. During the critical times when PayPal was developing its business model innovations and scaling up, we found ourselves needing to navigate a series of make-or-break challenges, or as I like to call them, “Oh s**t!” We were presented with a difficult choice?

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Face.com Gets $4.3 Million from Russian Yandex and Rhodium

VC Cafe

million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. TheMarker reports that since opening its API in May this year, Face has seen 5,000 developers use its technology on the cloud, with no need for installations. I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4

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Business Startup Tools: A Curated List of Our Favorite Tools and Resources to Build Your Company

Up and Running

NameMesh : Part domain name suggestion tool and part domain name finder, NameMesh searches endless variants of your domain to find one that works for you. They’re built from the ground up to be developer-friendly and simple. Bplans Loan Finder : If a loan is the right choice to launch your business, check out the Bplans Loan Finder.