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MARCH 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Branding Is the Next Essential Startup Competency – [link]. I bet you over-engineered your startup – [link]. The Verge – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

16 Tips for Picking the Perfect Startup Name. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. This article is the second in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Wednesday, we discussed why your startup’s name matters , and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing and buying domains.

Naming 104

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011. Startups have an inherently predictive quality. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Foursquare became more like Yelp with a revamped website that focuses on discovery.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Facebook, Twitter Engineers Tweak Google’s Social Search [VIDEO]. How To Close The Books on Your Startup. This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. I’ve noticed a number of web development firms and agencies just vanish without a trace.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. He says that intentional Web 2.0 Is It Sticky?

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

For a while, everyone was hailing Penguin as putting a stop to over-optimization, which while true, caused a lot of people to adjust their website so heavily that it wasn’t even optimized at all. That’s how search engines know what your site is about. That boiled down to keywords. That’s spam. Listen To Your Webmaster Tools.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? The result is an infographic that dives into the educational and corporate characteristics of the typical startup founder.

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. in place before you expand.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. and Path Intelligence.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

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Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was one of those brilliant startup brainstorms that comes to the team in a flash, with a giant thunderclap. And if you dont know who your customer is, perhaps some customer development is in order? Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. Thanks for the insight!

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

With development teams often based around the world, being the center of communication and progress can either lead to a tremendously successful strategy or a bottleneck that can slow down an entire company. Experience with Startups! A CTO at a major company has very different objectives than one who is helping a startup succeed.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Nexus S Spotted Running Android 2.3

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits has engineered over 200 apps to date, with plenty more to come. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iPhone , Android and more. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account?

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

The name I chose is scovry and the website ( [link] ) that it goes to is a social media based search engine that displays results in a “spy” type format. Web Video Roundup. Latest Startups News. Programming and Web Development Lists. Startups Lists. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , DNY59.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Rockstar v.

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

ScheduleOnce – Scheduling engine to get everyone who needs to meet together at one time. Shoutlet – Distribute and track viral marketing campaigns across social media outlets. Shiftboard – Online scheduling for businesses to coordinate worker schedules. Robyn – Easy online scheduling for service providers.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78