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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

This category would include among others Yandex, Mail.ru, KupiVIP and Avito in Russia as well as Allegro in Poland. The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors.

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Fog Creek Compensation

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Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. So all Fog Creek software engineers are ranked at one of several different levels, level 8 through level 15.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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Designers who practiced table-based layout may remember how headaches up front lead to more flexible code later. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. How does the page respond to being emailed?

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How To Create a Web App

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If you don’t know how to code in C# then it is probably easier and faster to use Dreamweaver , Frontpage or the freeware KompoZer. To give you an idea of how it should look and feel, I’ve created a small mock-up of an email service for you to peruse. Secondly you need some software to create flow charts in.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At that time, the sector wasn’t well established in Central Europe and there was an understandable fear whether Poland and Polish companies are ready for new marketing solutions. One industry where many have fallen victim and lost large amounts of money due to lack of information is the real estate industry. Was it risky? Yes, it was.