Sat.Oct 26, 2013 - Fri.Nov 01, 2013

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Framework Benchmarks Round 7

TechEmpower

'Happy Halloween fans of web development frameworks! After a several-month hiatus, Round 7 of our project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms is available! Round 7 includes many new framework test implementations contributed by the community. They are Falcore, Grizzly, HttpListener, PHPixie, Plain, Racket-WS, Start, Stream, and Treefrog.

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7 Myths About Ethics Which Will Hurt Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

'New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

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5 Ideal Locations For Young Startups

YoungUpstarts

' A startup may spark from a simple idea and quickly grow in momentum due to the ease of launching a product or service. Web technologies and software expedite the process of development. The startup also gains the benefit of not subscribing to traditional business structures. They are flexible due to their small size and unrestricted as to where they may operate.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

'At dinner last week, my long time friend Dave Jilk (we just celebrated our 30th friendship anniversary) tossed a hypothesis at me that as people age, they resist adopting new technologies. This was intended as a personal observation, not an ageist statement, and we devolved into a conversation about brain plasticity. Eventually we popped back up the stack to dealing with changing tech and at some point I challenged Dave to write an essay on this. .

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

'In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Founded in 2005, the company has since delivered more than $1 billion from employers to freelancers. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5 million registered freelancers who have worked 35 million hours in total, as well as 900,000 clients who have posted 1.5 million jobs. oDesk claims that it dominates the m

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Twitter Link Roundup #200 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Can you believe this is Roundup number 200!?!? Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Monday is your friend

Start Up Blog

'I’m typing this on a Sunday evening. I’ve had various times in my life when I used to hate Sunday, not due to its own features and benefits, but because it was the pre-amble to Monday. Mondayitus. The dread for Monday was so deep and worrisome that it ruined the day before it which is was a free day. And what is more ironic is that I even liked Thursday more than I liked Friday, because Friday was too close to Monday.

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The customer isn’t always right: Why standing up for your employees is good for business

The Next Web

'Jim Belosic is the CEO of ShortStack , a self-service custom app design tool used to create apps for Facebook Pages, websites and mobile Web browsing. ShortStack provides the tools for small businesses, graphic designers, agencies and corporations to create apps with contests and forms, fan gates, product lines and more. In a world where customers’ criticisms can reach thousands of their “friends” in an instant, companies are (rightfully) worried that one disgruntled customer can wreak havoc on

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12 Things Really Respected People Do #blindpost

Jeff Hilimire

'This article, 7 things really respected people do , was suggested to me from @gumboshowjoe for a blindpost. I decided to write a list of some of the people that I respected the most and then ponder what it is about them that I respected so much. Below is that list, with the name of the person following the thing I respect the most about them. I had to force myself to stop at a dozen people!

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The Switching Economy

deal architect

'Accenture has a study which should startle every major brand Despite having more data and insights into consumer desires and preferences, companies in the U.S. have failed to meaningfully improve customer satisfaction or reverse rising switching rates among their customers.

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300 Teams in Two Years

Steve Blank

'This is the start of the third year teaching teams of scientists (professors and their graduate students) in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps). This month we’ve crossed ~ 300 teams in the first two years through the program. I-Corps is the accelerator that helps scientists bridge the commercialization gap between their research in their labs and wide-scale commercial adoption and use.

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12 pieces of software that will improve your meetings

The Next Web

'When you’re running a business, the last thing you want to deal with is another dropped call or bad connection. Especially in this day and age, when chances are the key members of your staff, partners, and even investors may not be in the same country, let alone the same room. Shouldn’t simple communication be the last thing on your mind? To learn which software is actually helping startup teams stay organized, I asked a panel of entrepreneurs: Name one piece of software that helps you run your

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How To Find An Angel Funding Match For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

'Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham of Y-Combinator fame, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money. A while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative #6.

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The Machiavellian CIO

deal architect

'My EI colleague Michael Krigsman pointed me to a new Gartner eBook The Wolf in CIO’s Clothing Author Tina Nunno says “Over the course of my career working with CIOs and other executives, whenever I encountered particularly strong CIOs, I.

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Online Store SEA Citizen Reinterprets High Street Fashion For Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

'As if fashion blogshops have not already taken a large bite out of the earnings of traditional brick-and-mortar fashion retail businesses, they are also facing competition from fully-fledged fashion e-commerce sites. Where blogshops used to be run by independent owners who source products on buying trips to Seoul and Shanghai and are run on a small scale, some of these online fashion stores have set higher sights.

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The unexpected benefits of launching your product with a paywall

The Next Web

'Ramy Khuffash is the co-founder and Chief Lifelogger at Narrato. It’s hard not to notice the shift from paid-up-front apps to free ones. Even Apple has made its OS X Mavericks software free. There are clear benefits for consumers, especially in a marketplace that doesn’t offer trials. Instead of having to take a leap of faith based on nothing more than screenshots and a few reviews, you can try freemium apps, then pay for extras if you want them.

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What Does It Take To Get Lucky In Your New Startup?

Startup Professionals Musings

'If you have had some success in a business, I’m sure you bristle just like I do when someone says “You were just lucky…” I’m a strong believer that we all make our own luck, which means that the harder we work, the luckier we get. In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of principles that good entrepreneurs follow, allowing them to work smarter and improve their odds of success.

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Pike Place and innovation

deal architect

'I went to visit Seattle for a Microsoft event last week. While there was plenty of innovation there (see my post here), it is dwarfed by the diversity of Pike Place, the city’s landmark, century-old marketplace. It is a riot.

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Online Marketplaces: Three Things Small Businesses Need To Know Now

YoungUpstarts

'By Steve Apfelberg, Vice President of TriNet. Online marketplaces have become de-facto targeted marketing centers for small businesses. After all, the small business economy in the United States has extensive purchasing power. With estimated revenues of over $7 trillion a year, small businesses have been cited as one of the driving factors in the nation’s economic recovery.

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Lean Impact Webcast on Tuesday

Startup Lessons Learned

'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Lean Startup techniques have been taking off in the social-mission sector, helping people solve problems more effectively, and earning the name Lean Impact. To explore what’s working on the ground, we’re hosting a webcast, Lean Impact: Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-driven Organizations , next Tuesday, November 5 at 10a PT.

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10 Myths About Creativity Can Derail Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

'Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. Yet none knows exactly where creativity comes from within, or how to pick and motivate the most creative people for the team. Most believe and follow one or more of the popular myths on business creativity, even though none of them have much scientific evidence.

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Innovations from the Lonely Planet

deal architect

'Innovations from various parts of the world we don’t usually expect innovation from The bookless library – San Antonio, TX Changing global wine map - Georgia, China, Chile Battling remote Oil spills – Arctic Circle Common Core Standards – State.

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[Infographic] The Incredible Growth Of Web Usage

YoungUpstarts

'The Internet as we know it has evolved tremendously over the years. What started as an experiment that connected academic and government computer systems has today become an entire globe-spanning network of interconnected machines and devices that not only include huge enterprise servers but also that mobile device in your hand. In fact in 1984 only about 1,000 hosts across university and corporate labs were linked, and just 130 websites existed in 1993.

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Why Startups Should Think 10X from Day One

VC Cafe

'Folks in Silicon Valley seem to have been indoctrinated in the "Think big" mentality fully - and it''s contagious. I''ve spent the past couple of weeks working with my American colleagues in New York and San Francisco and meeting our global partners. If there''s one thing I could say is a stark difference between European entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley ones, is this 10X, or "moonshot" thinking. [[ This is a content summary only.

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10 Steps To Maximize Clout In Your Business Today

Startup Professionals Musings

'Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. Too many entrepreneur “wannabes” never get past the idea stage, or strike out randomly in many directions, hoping that their passion will convince people to follow them and make their business grow.

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Wisdom from Hyper-growth Companies

Startup Lessons Learned

'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Last week, we hosted a webcast conversation, Lean Startup for Growing Companies , with Eric Ries, Wyatt Jenkins of Shutterstock, and Ari Gesher of Palantir. The discussion focused on companies that have hit product-market fit and are growing fast—a topic for advanced entrepreneurs. But the information was critical for any early-stage company that hopes to reach that critical point and wants to be prepared when it comes.

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Side Racket – A (Side) Project To Rule Them All

YoungUpstarts

'If you’re a young upstart of any stripe, aside from what you do for a living you’re likely to be involved in side projects of some sort. Whether the projects you’re involved in is for a good cause or simply one for vanity, side projects are a great way for self-improvement and pursuing interests. “Side projects are an amazing way to spend time doing what you love,” says Mark Hendrickson.

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Productivity’s at an all-time low? 10 tips for revitalizing your workflow

The Next Web

'Ilya Pozin is an entrepreneur, writer and investor. He is the founder of Open Me , a social greeting card company, and Ciplex , a digital marketing agency. He’s a columnist on entrepreneurship and marketing. Productivity is a hot topic for just about everyone in the working world. But when it comes to those of you in a leadership role , the need for increased productivity and efficiency may be even more glaring.

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Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny

Version One Ventures

'If we look back ten years, the venture world was quite different. Investors weren’t too keen on investing out of town. And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. It was much harder for a “remote” company in the Mid West, Europe, or Canada to draw any attention to themselves.

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Is LinkedIn Intro Good, Bad, or Impossible?

Feld Thoughts

'When LinkedIn posted LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS I was intrigued. The post title was provocative (presumably as intended) and drew a lot of attention from various people in the security world. Several of these posts were deeply critical which generated another post from LinkedIn titled The Facts about LinkedIn Intro. By this point I had sent emails to several of my friends who were experts in the email / SMTP / IMAP / security ecosystem and was already getting feedback that g

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5 Tips On How Your Business Can Have A More Successful Event

YoungUpstarts

'by Jen Hawkins, Director of Marketing at DoubleDutch. Marketing well at a niche business event can be incredibly beneficial to the overall business development efforts of your company. Making the right moved can bring in more sales, the right niche clientele, and it can keep your company at the forefront in your industry. There are opportunities at something as simple as a sales incentive meeting at your place of business, or as big as sponsoring an industry leading conference or trade show.

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Elon Musk on fear and failure, plus his close calls with Space X and Tesla

The Next Web

'Speaking at the Dublin Web Summit on Thursday, Elon Musk refuted the assertion that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs aren’t afraid to fail. “I certainly have fear of failure,” he admitted. During the chat, Musk recounted how close he came to failure with both Space X and Tesla in 2008 and 2009. Musk said that he financed Space X to have enough money for its first three launches.

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It’s not Facebook Quitters that Facebook should worry about, it’s Facebook Nevers.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

'In yesterday’s Facebook earnings call, a lot of concern has been raised about how teen usage on Facebook has dropped slightly. Said Facebook’s CFO: “Our best analysis of youth engagement in the U.S. reveals that usage of Facebook among U.S. teens overall was stable,” Ebersman said, noting that adolescents’ tendency to fib about their age makes any analysis tricky.

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5 Tips to Make this the Best November Ever for Your Business!

Rembrandt Communications

'P.S. Without costing you a dime! November is here, and the end-of-the-year is right around the corner. Are you happy with your 2013 so far? Did you accomplish goals? If not, there is no time like the present to change things around. Here are… 5 Tips to Make This the Best November Ever For Your […].

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Take Blogging To A New Level: Vlogging

YoungUpstarts

'by John Boudreau, COO and co-founder of Astonish. In the world of marketing, it has been established that that blogging is a great way to keep content unique and fresh on a website. Aside from the SEO perks, it is also a great way for companies to brand themselves within their industries. Now, imagine taking this concept a step further. Have you heard of video blogging, also known as Vlogging?

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Why old-school SMS is still a powerful mobile marketing tool

The Next Web

'Eric Lazar is VP of Mobile CRM for ePrize , focused on educating brands on how best to capture the mobile user, drive revenue, and build relationships that start on mobile. Prior to his current role, Lazar spent more than 10 years in broadcast television sales management, most recently at Sinclair Television Group. This year I celebrated my 45 th birthday.

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