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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. Last week, Divshot turned a simple April Fool''s Day joke into a marketing coup, generating nearly 6,000 Tweets and over a thousand Beta customers. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Share and Enjoy.

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Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

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This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Philo was an inventor, not an innovator.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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This article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. I recently spoke with Michael Bleigh, Co-Founder and CEO of Divshot.

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The Original Lean Startup MVP – Louie, Louie

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This article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Lean startups validate their business model by quickly iterating and assessing potential customers' feedback. The song is akin to a lean startup's minimally viable product (MVP). Lean Music.

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Startup Lessons From Olympic Innovators

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If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Rather than trying to do the same things better than their competitors, savvy entrepreneurs identify new ways to create and deliver value to their customers, which often result in sustainable competitive advantages. Not All Flops Are Failures.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

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Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. Interesting term used in a ZD Net article - Platform as a Service (PaaS) Unfortunately, Peter sells the promise and ignores the reality. Benefit of a proprietary platform can be finding customers. I would tend to agree. AppExchange on Salesforce.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

Who is this article for? Before you rush to implement the things suggested by this article, I should probably mention the following prerequisites. This article is a practical guide designed to help webmasters who already know what they want to block. Preliminary Information What are bots? htaccess overrides" enabled.If

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