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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? The second major challenged faced by MySQL was the surprise acquisition of one of its key partners, InnoDB, by Oracle. and we managed over time to turn it (the acquisition) into a strength.". Keep Your Enemies Close.

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Interview with Jeff Zwelling, Convertro

socalTECH

We've developed technology, originally developed at YLighting, which enables us to understand that if a customer comes to a website via marketing, and a cookie was deleted, then subsequently comes back and converts, we know what marketing happened before that cookie deletion. That was actually a humbling moment.

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ROAR.pro | Social Good At It’s Core

Tech Zulu Event

Sometimes the companies with the biggest social good impact, move in a humble motion, creating waves of excellence. As a start-up mobile app development company, ROAR focuses on the non-profit and church verticals. ROAR.pro is a small but mighty mobile development shop with a heart of gold.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t want you to have to eat humble pie with your friends next year! People seldom understand that when enterprise customers choose your software it isn’t just a purchase order. He has staked his reputation on a project to use the software of some shitty 2-year-old startup company because he believes! Raise money.

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Conforming To Your Customers’ Realities: Your Stakeholders’ Perceptions Are Your Reality

InfoChachkie

He also spearheaded a number of fundamental software breakthroughs, including creating the basic hardware / software architecture which resulted in the creation of the third-party personal computer (PC) software industry. Developed first floppy disk operating system. The man at left built the first personal computer.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

Both Sides of the Table

You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions. You have beautifully executed software. You want somebody who can do handset deals in the US, Europe & Asia.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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