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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

He didn’t mean to make a media storm out of it – it was a simple comment on his Facebook page. But then Marc Andreessen weighed in – as did I and several others – and the media picked up on his comments. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. ” My 3.5 Laughable now.

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9 Leadership Initiatives To Ramp Up Team Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Zappos brings in thought leaders from personal development, education, community, philanthropy and other realms to share their ideas for motivation and engagement. Let team members be themselves, with a relaxed dress code and individual consideration for start times, time off, and office décor.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

It serves a similar role as Digsby (which I love using) albeit from a social media metaphor rather than an IM metaphor. ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others. Pretty cool.

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Match Algorithm and Inputs

SoCal CTO

Without the research, you are in the position of making educated guesses at what makes a good match. This post is another in my series around Matching that includes Social Media Matching , Matching Algorithms , and Match Performance Support. It’s our best educated guess. Then in code. fit into a matching algorithm.

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More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.