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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

We spend way too much time, particularly in and around the New York area, teaching fundraising versus company or product building. At the same time, in an effort to build up the base of “bench talent” in New York City, I’ve been running Product Manager School through nextNY. ” It’s true.

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Using Open Source to Bootstrap Your Data Service

Feld Thoughts

When I reflect on all of this, it seems painfully obvious to me (and maybe to you also) that the best way to popularize “data as a service&# is to start with an API (which creates the revenue model dynamic) and build a bunch of open source examples on top of it. Tags: Open Source data simplegeo.

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How Humans and Everyday Tech Can Outmatch AI

YoungUpstarts

is an attorney, author, and advocate for sustainable business practices; a member of the New York and Texas State Bar Associations; and founder of The Law Firm of John D. He delivers continuing legal education on topics including open-source software and copyleft, artificial intelligence in the law, and deepfakes.

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Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link]. Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link]. Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link]. Icon design, the ultimate guide – [link].

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

The main contribution of the open-source Docker software is to simplify the distribution of applications by standardizing their properties and shipping them together with their entire environment in neat containers. A rival company has launched a competing version based on its underlying open-source code.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. in New York helps put out some of that monthly burn. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn’t be about the money.”

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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