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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. How Quigo Went Head-to-Head With Google.

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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost.

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. It’s what makes Google, Google and Facebook, Facebook. Of course I’m generalizing.

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Interview with Mike Gammarino, Students4Startups

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The reason why, is because there's not only a lot of effort competing with larger companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, but because startups don't have dedicated people to recruit talent from local universities. It's not for everybody, of course. We don't even get a chance to see them.

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Innovative Services Are A Huge Boon For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, we all love disruptive new products, like the Pebble Smart Watch and Google Glass, but recent innovative services startups, including Uber for transportation and Airbnb for lodging, have grown much bigger and faster. Process outsourcing services. I’m sure there are many more just waiting to be found.

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Entrepreneurs Today Don’t Need A Big Budget To Start

Startup Professionals Musings

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. What do we build in-house or outsource? Of course, it’s never complete. Gap closed, right? Probably not. When will key hires come on?