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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

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I spend about twelve months before starting BetterWorks thinking about the SMB space, and the lack of tools and software for companies. I wanted to give companies a tool to recruit, retain, and optimize their existing workforce. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented.

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10 Actions That Will Transform You From Good To Great

Startup Professionals Musings

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Drive innovation. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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10 Key Steps For Aspiring Billionaire Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Drive innovation. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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Interview with Eric Golden, Equipois

socalTECH

Brown was approached by a manufacturer, who asked if his technology could hold tools for an assembly line. Eric Golden: The first use is for holding tools for manufacturers. Most manufacturers these days have workers that have to use tools, that can weigh from six pounds to up to 30 or 40 pounds.

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10 Simple Actions Will Inspire More Startup Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Drive innovation. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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CapLinked Teams with Quipa to Protect Business Transactions with Military-Grade Security

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CapLinked’s partnership with software security firm Quipa,a software firm founded in 2008 and dealing in new and revolutionary approach to secure network connectivity, will create a stronger network and be the solution for securely managing deals in the cloud. More Agile & Secure Than Trad VPN technologies. Series A Round.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. suggested that they first might want to read my post on why business plans are a poor planning and execution tool for startups. The video is only 16 minutes long and it is well worth the time.

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