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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. It would have been very easy for Bill to do a desk-based research project on how to improve the process.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what?

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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. Designed CD-ROM filing system and created Universal Software Bus.

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How Dealstruck Is Using Crowdfunding To Power Loans For Small Businesses

socalTECH

I started doing research on his behalf, learning about it, and one thing led to another, and I started asking people if such a service existed, would they use it. I kind of fell into it, after a period of diligence on the idea, and realizing it was a big opportunity. Enough people said yes, and I thought about building the company.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) Which restaurants in LA serve past 10.00pm (turns out not many on the Westside of LA, unfortunately). BUT … try doing proper restaurant research on a mobile device. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. Are you looking for a Phd wireless chip designer?&#. I love the design of your product. million, a live product that was featured in iTunes and has gotten rave reviews. You have beautifully executed software. He is still not sure.

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