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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. Framework Benchmarks. So, why does this happen? What do we mean by performance?

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s set up a framework. In that article I linked to I outline the difference between gross margin & net margin. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Valuation.

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Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI

Xconomy

Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide. He does see the opportunity for some broadly applicable frameworks though.