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3 Great Ideas You May Steal

Eric Greenspan

Qwerty is here to stay, but the touch screen keyboard needs a serious redesign. Why do we even need to touch the screen? We need a keyboard that is above the screen, projected, with bigger buttons. This frees up a ton of screen real estate so we can make keys larger and further apart. Keyboard idea 1. Keyboard idea 2.

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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

InfoChachkie

In the summer of 1999, Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. I’m not covering the actual layers of the Internet (under the OSI model) but rather the Cloud Services layer. Let me explain. I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.

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How to Keep Your Business From Running Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s easier to use screen-captures and notes on existing processes, rather than write detailed manuals. The more services you provide to a wider mix of customers, the more variability you have, and the harder it becomes to provide extraordinary and consistent services. Adjust roles and shift resources for optimal performance.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

Tech Zulu Event

He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Amir is founder of Bayspring Group, an innovation think tank that specializes in defining market opportunities and the launch of new products and services to meet market needs. Sean Ellis.

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Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising

Tech Zulu Event

As larger, more established rich media providers have struggled to retool for the new mobile media universe, the Jetpack platform was built entirely in Java and HTML5, giving publishers and advertisers the ability to design unique units once and serve them seamlessly across all screens.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. How did the idea for Meebo version 3, the web-based IM service, come about? Seth constantly listened to user feedback and tweaked his service along the way to improve the user experience.

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