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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

This movement, coupled with free websites and apps, makes it possible for almost any technical person to start a business. This Maker Movement has now spread across the world, spawning hundreds of events and companies, including Maker Faires, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces, and Maker Film Fests.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

ReadWriteStart

But nobody celebrates the actual event. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No There are launch parties but never any funerals, so we wanted to have an event that celebrates startups that don’t make it and what was learned from that.”. The event was different things to different people.”. More Funerals Coming.

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Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

ReadWriteStart

But nobody celebrates the actual event. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No There are launch parties but never any funerals, so we wanted to have an event that celebrates startups that don’t make it and what was learned from that.”. The event was different things to different people.”. More Funerals Coming.

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Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

ReadWriteStart

But nobody celebrates the actual event. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No There are launch parties but never any funerals, so we wanted to have an event that celebrates startups that don’t make it and what was learned from that.”. The event was different things to different people.”. More Funerals Coming.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! After working years in corporate and attending many events, I noticed that people were missing a critical aspect of business: communication and connection.

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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve met in New York meetups and events that fit this description. In San Francisco one can find hacking events on a daily basis, as well as many unconference events where people get their hands dirty playing with code. 17 – Be unable to Attract Investors. 5 – Ran out of cash.