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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. Engagement.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. They are limited in size. That’s why I love Instagram.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. At that time, monetizing by advertising didn't exist, and web developers were having to hand roll those experiences.

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