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Social Media Faking It – Cheaper Than You May Think, But Still Not Worth It

InfoChachkie

As a bonus, you''ll also enjoy a robust number of Pinterest, Tumbler and Instagram followers and you''ll still have room in your budget for 250 comments on your blog and about 100,000 views on Vimeo. If you buy in bulk, the price of 1,000 Twitter followers is about $1.75. What a bargain. Social norming is powerful.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

Xconomy

military’s high-tech think tank DARPA described Safe Genes, a new program to fund safety measures that can be built into genome editing technology or counter its potential wayward effects. PRICE FIGHTS. With some caveats, ICER recommended lower prices. Shares immediately fell more than 40 percent. —The U.S.

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Startups Are A Remix

InfoChachkie

Ironically, studies have shown that the majority of value associated with high-tech innovations involve unique advancements in non-product areas, such as: pricing (SaaS subscriptions vs. licensing), delivery (downloads vs. retail) and customer experience (Apple vs. Microsoft). smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter, etc.)

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. You’re a tech guy. When I decided to start blogging again (I had done so as an entrepreneur) I thought about how to brand myself. I had had enough. We take MBAs.

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Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

Xconomy

A company official told Xconomy the drug would be priced in line with standard of care enzyme replacement therapy, which costs around $300,000 per patient, per year. The drug has a list price of $69,350 per patient, per year. —Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ ) agreed to pay $1.5

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. Give yourself a month.