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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

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On one hand, he’s a tech innovator and entrepreneur whose creativity has earned him awards and accolades on two continents – Europe (Sweden, to be more exact) and Africa (eastern, and in countries like Nairobi, his native Somalia and Mauritius). What advice would you give other minorities in Sweden (or elsewhere) on breaking through?

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What Do Increased Mobile Speeds Mean for Your Business?

Up and Running

For a little perspective, Sweden is now recognized for having the fastest mobile broadband speeds, averaging download speeds of 22.1 might have been among the first to deploy commercial LTE networks, but it ranks far lower in terms of 4G bandwidth delivered. megabits per second (Mbps), according to a study by OpenSignal.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

Shortly after launching my consulting practice, I took on a leadership position with several professional women’s organizations, Women’s Global Network and Ladies Who Launch, San Diego. The company now has additional communities Phoenix, AZ, Washington, DC, and Sweden, with several other cities in the works. What is Hera Hub?

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. That being said, I do see problems with the conventional wisdom especially in the valley with your technical vision, which then creates economic problems. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). Unfortunately, positioning our product as an "IM add-on" was a complete mistake. So we had to completely throw that code away, including all of its beatiful tests and specs. Talk about waste.

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Most Overused Buzzword On LinkedIn Profiles? Creative.

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At least, that’s the consensus from professional network LinkedIn, who found that the description topped the list of the most overused words and phrases in its member profiles for 2012. Sweden: Creative. If there’s one word most people describe themselves with professionally, it’s creative. Saudi Arabia: Motivated.