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Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

InfoChachkie

Philo Farnsworth created a technology which underlies one of the 20 th Century’s most ubiquitous products, yet he died a man of modest means and is relatively unknown today. He freely shared his ideas and technology with others in the hopes that such openness would advance his scientific field of study. TV photo by gbaku.

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Deal Hair: Is Your Startup More Like Russell Brand Or Bruce Willis?

InfoChachkie

Thus, the tech guy would be well served to emphasize his willingness to delegate business issues to more experienced team members, whereas the sales guy should be careful to not overly promote himself or the opportunity and to acknowledge his technological shortcomings. Share and Enjoy.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

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. It didn't take more than a few weeks and suddenly there were three other projects developing alternative technologies for MySQL. Yet Another Overnight Success.

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

InfoChachkie

The primary stipulation is that each Thiel Fellow must drop out of college, for at least two years, and pursue their “entrepreneurial ventures, research and self-education.”. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

“My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Human Computer Interaction.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Finally we get to: Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com His premise is that we should be beyond having to buy servers, software, or any other infrastructure. From BBM's web site: media RSS - extensions to RSS subscription format to support time based media, enclosures, copyrights and other meta-data needed for media.

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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