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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. Marten began his story by explaining that MySQL was originally founded as a research project and how it was a nascent startup for nearly a decade before he joined the team. I was ready to give up. Share and Enjoy.

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10 Ways To Become A Web Influencer In Today’s Market

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are his key recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. A website or blog without appealing or entertaining content for your market segment is not enchanting. Help visitors navigate. Refresh it often. Provide multiple methods of access.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. However, a number of them wanted to vicariously experience the startup world through John and Kyle''s venture. It''s gonna highlight our emotions, our ups and our downs.

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How To Pull Customers To Your Website With Real Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. A website or blog without appealing or entertaining content for your market segment is not enchanting. Help visitors navigate. Refresh it often. Skip the Flash videos. Make it fast.

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Eucalyptus Systems CEO Marten Mickos Shares His Secrets Of Startup Success

InfoChachkie

As an early executive at MySQL, he helped build the company into the world's most used open source database. about your skills or your abilities or your DNA, it's about what you refuse to give up on - what you will keep doing until you succeed. If you admit it, you will have others helping you. They make mistakes all the time.".

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS?

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Startup Sales Lessons From TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress”

InfoChachkie

Such pro active communications allows startups to be more responsive than their larger, resource-rich competitors. Startup sales require high velocity. This information helps me determine who will an impact the buying process and who is just along for the ride. Startups must follow a similar philosophy.

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