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

Both Sides of the Table

The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” But this article missed the real trend. Tech Companies & Calls: I once read a quote on Twitter that said, If you use a tech service for free then product is you. It’s why people buy branded products.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding. When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8 billion by 2014.

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How Pinterest, Tumblr, HootSuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable Rapidly And Repeatedly Hire Great People

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The loss in productivity involved in transitioning a struggling employee out an organization, coupled with the time required to conduct a subsequent job search, can cripple a small company’s ability to achieve its strategic objectives. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up? When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! We have a rigorous screening process, and we only fund the very best programs that are able to quantify their impact. We kicked off Project Impact and 2012, and we’ve been thrilled by the response.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. But this feeling sort of dies out when you’re working with the product every day, and talking about your product every day.

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