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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

socalTECH

They get to meet the team, we do some due diligence, and have them talk to functional experts. After the sale, Rory [Editor's note: Rory Moore] asked me if I wanted to take this to the next level. How to do fundraising, how to pitch a deal, how to think about managing your product, or managing your development team.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

Get users immediately into valuable content that engages them in the site: featured video, music, news; video, popular trending items in my network. Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. I’m not friends with most of the people that are connected to me on social networks.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. Too often though, it’s the result of performance needs not being properly assessed at the start of work. So, why does this happen?

Web 200
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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

Startup 285
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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. How do you keep an audience as a blogger and on the network of StackExchange?