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Everything about Java 8

TechEmpower

Adding a method to an interface would mean breaking all existing code that implements the interface. It is not necessary to specify the "abstract" modifier, as this code does, in order to qualify as a functional interface. They were considered for Java 8 but were not included, for simplicity and due to time constraints.

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Identifying Pain in the First Step in a Sales Process – Here’s How

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In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Too many sales reps walk into customer meetings with their pre-canned sales decks and proudly squawk through 30 of their favorite slides without engaging the customer in a discussion. This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. I usually try to avoid getting stuck reviewing people’s PowerPoint decks (I get this request too often and frankly I’m already behind on my own work!) If you’re not then you’re not trying hard enough.

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VC Confessions: I Don’t Really Care About Your Product Demo

InfoChachkie

Note: I invest almost exclusively in b-to-b software companies. Fool A Fool – I sold surgical robots from PowerPoint slides in the early 1990’s, before the robots existed. In contrast, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. Don’t Demo Me Bro.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. The whole point of Agile Development is to produce shorter, sharper pieces of code completed more quickly where you can get feedback from customers. What changed for us was Tim Barker arrived. cared about the feature set.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. As per my video, think about the data in the following slide. Our inability to cost-effectively educate large numbers of people to compete in the future world where software really does begin to eat the world (in Marc Andreessen’s wise words).

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." Personally, I don't like weighty board packs and I do not wish to inflict slide preparation upon anyone. gave him my favorite, "keep it to six slides."

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