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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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Reflections of America this July 4th

Both Sides of the Table

Or if you’re a developer perhaps you could donate time by dedicated to their hack-a-thon? At the time he had been living with his long-time girlfriend from Honduras. Warning: they have a minimum donation size of $1. As Charles would tell you, even small donations help make young kids dreams come true.

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5 Takeaways from the 2012 Skoll World Forum | Stanford Social Innovation Review

Campus Entrepreneurship

Kiva’s head of development, Bennett Grassano, and I talked about the evolution of Kiva’s strategy—going beyond microfinance to become a source for microlending to other “social markets,” such as education (for example, scholarships) and affordable housing. Kiva.org is a good example.

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Of Sharks and Men

Pascal's View

 We've all read about the shark feeding programs that have developed at dive sites around the world, from Cape Town to Honduras– and there is plenty of controversy about whether sharks should be fed by humans– especially in close proximity of divers.  Judge for yourself… Share and Enjoy:

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the world without altgate

Altgate

  This feature is rumored to be in development but I couldn't get it even with the custom reporting.  .  Below is the complete map of the countries still without a visitor to Altgate…if you know someone there send them a referral!    You can see which page they left from but not where they went. 

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Social Trends Podcast: We Are Storytellers Weaving Stories With Customers

Brandanew

He was also intrigued at the fact that a economically developed Country such as the United States of America, still did not cater to every economical bracket when it came to home furnishings and décor. The market was developing based upon the lowest common denominator, it was selling to the masses, and numbers meant everything.

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