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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. Working a full-time (and demanding) job, a home, school and life, in general, was no easy feat, so I chose to leave my corporate job to an academic job. 4- Started as a part-time work.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. A key to disruptive innovation is that, opposed to sustaining innovation, it does not take place with established competitors , as Christensen explains in Harvard Business Review.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Scholar and innovation expert Clayton Christensen explains it this way: A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. Incumbents, chasing higher profitability in more-demanding segments, tend not to respond vigorously. Types of Disruptive Innovation.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. In terms of knowledge workers, a programmer produces more good code and fewer bugs when well-rested.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Yes, we’ll always want to encourage higher quality, but it won’t matter if we have crappy demand. 11:00 AM: The Yelp Effect: When Everyone’s A Restaurant Critic 19B – Nowadays, with restaurant blogs and sites like Yelp and Chowhound, everyone is a restaurant reviewer. 03:30 PM: Could The iPad Have Saved Gourmet?

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