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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. While there are 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access, 74% of Chinese Internet users make less than $500/month and are students, blue-collar workers or jobless. Unlike U.S.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

We found most unfunded or under-funded startups unable to compete with larger budgets, backed by some of the most prolific venture capitalists. Even some of the best idea-based startups are no further in process than a non-profit struggling to survive. Startups Can’t Compete With Big Brands. What Startups Should Do.

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Analyze This: 5 Rules For Awesome Impromptu Web Analysis

Occam's Razor

They expose a person's critical thinking ability (something I highly recommend you test when you hire web analysts: Interviewing Tip: Stress Test Critical Thinking. When someone asks you an open ended question, at least connected to web analysis, here's what's important. Seems straight forward right? Let's go.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

We found most unfunded or under-funded startups unable to compete with larger budgets, backed by some of the most prolific venture capitalists. Even some of the best idea-based startups are no further in process than a non-profit struggling to survive. Don’t try to compete with large brands on their own turf.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. While there are 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access, 74% of Chinese Internet users make less than $500/month and are students, blue-collar workers or jobless. Unlike U.S.

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Via Codigo lays down it’s growth plan: Key Alliance with Transformify to Empower the Social and Labour Reintegration of Vulnerable Youth

Transformify

Via Codigo , a nonprofit organisation teaching high skilled web development and soft skills program at juvenile detention centers is pleased to announce it’s goals for 2019. Also, the non-profit will start offering their program outside the juvenile detention centers. Training highly- skilled web developers.

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How Remote Startups are Changing the Game for Everyone

ReadWriteStart

Although there are many collaboration tools (like Slack and Trello) available, they do have a learning curve that can be hard for non-technical folks. They also complain about managers favoring in-office staff, even if they are less competent. Since the application is web-based, it’s light-weight and can work in browsers.