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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

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Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving. Higher conversion rates (10-15x online conversion) and higher value at closure (up to 2x higher) due to up-sell & cross-sell potential. Here’s the deal.

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Smarr, Others Talk Healthtech, AI at Xconomy’s Impact of Innovation

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While his expertise lies in computer networks and infrastructure, Smarr has emerged as a de facto leader in quantified health—largely due to his relentless curiosity about his own health. In 2011, Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease long before. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011."

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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Those of us that are willing to admit that we fawked things up in the first dot-com explosion and learned from our mistakes have the battle wounds to make more pragmatic decisions in 2011. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. As we added more resources we added more strain on his high-calibre core team.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. blog comments powered by Disqus. Windows Phone. Social media. Google Plus. Social networking. Social games. Interviews. Guest Post. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Matthew Jenusaitis. Add a Comment. Okay, so they got this one right.