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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

If your application is in the known low-performance tier, the only advantage of high-performance foundation technologies (all else being equal) would be reducing long term hosting costs. Performance in your technology selection process. Framework Benchmarks. Performance is important, but it’s definitely not everything.

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Making Sure You Are Ready to Begin Building Your MVP

SoCal CTO

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. This post will provide links to participants as well as to readers. What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles.

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10 Key Business Domains Where ‘Big Data’ Looms Large

Startup Professionals Musings

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. By any definition, the opportunities from ‘big data’ have the potential to create a next wave of successful technology companies that could change the way we all live and work.

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10 Questions To Lead You To Timely Successful Change

Startup Professionals Musings

If entrepreneurs answer these questions for their startup, they will definitely stay ahead of most of their competitors in the startup world: What is the “secret sauce” that my startup brings to the problem? Words alone, like “improved efficiency”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince people to follow you.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. It is often LESS performant. So what did happen?

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10 Business Areas Where Data Is The Key To The Future

Startup Professionals Musings

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. By any definition, the opportunities from ‘big data’ have the potential to create a next wave of successful technology companies that could change the way we all live and work.

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

Both Sides of the Table

That’s the classic definition of Grin Fucking. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. I mean Porter’s Five forces is a useful framework but it’s basically microeconomics with a pretty wrapper. The title IS the post.

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