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Make It Work- the real story

InfoChachkie

From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely. But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. We immediately informed our board and shareholders that we were forced to halt operations.

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Google Cleaning Out Their Closets

Tech Zulu Event

In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. According to Eichner, iGoogle is a combination of RSS reader and widget platform personalized, real-time information. Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project.

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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

Tech Zulu Event

As he was fighting inequality, hoping to give everyone from every social status equal access to information, he was also fighting an ongoing battle internally with feelings of isolation and depression. At 14, he became a co-editor for the spec responsible for RSS technology. Activism, Lawsuits and Depression.

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YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund

InfoChachkie

During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. One of the best examples of this integration is DeStorm’s November 2011 video in which he raps about Ryobi tools while running through the aisles at Home Depot. Share and Enjoy.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. While Facebook was built on the idea that all our information was private and shared only between friend (before they changed this after the fact), Twitter was born under the idea that most of the information shared there was open and viewable by anybody.

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Trade Show Guerilla Marketing – Booth Babes With Beards

InfoChachkie

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. However at the 2011 Hospitality Conference, he allowed his desire to make an impact impair his reasoning when he hired a band of masked parcours. Share and Enjoy.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Founded in 2011 with the goal of saving lives through soap, Jack’s gives one bar away every time one is sold. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Idea Mensch. Thank you eMinutes.