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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

As more websites began to have dynamic content, it became necessary to develop software that could generate HTML pages on the fly and modify the static files based on content that someone (typically a journalist) had input in a backend or that had been added by a user (on a discussion board).

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

But, before they were big names, they were simply a team that needed additional money urgently to pay their website development firm. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. They emailed billionaire investor Mark Cuban, asking him for financing.

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Small Business Marketing: Web Design Best Practices and Tips

crowdSPRING Blog

If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Although some freelancers can do both, the skills for design and development are typically different and you may want to leverage different people for each part of the job. Keep the content fresh and current.

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Small Business Marketing: Web Design Best Practices and Tips

crowdSPRING Blog

If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Although some freelancers can do both, the skills for design and development are typically different and you may want to leverage different people for each part of the job. Keep the content fresh and current.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. It never occurred to me to start my own business that early into my career as a web developer. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13- 13- Help people with marketing projects. Photo Credit: Andrea Siy. Don't get me wrong, I wanted too, but many years down the line.

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WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

First launched in 2003, WordPress is the leading CMS by which 35% of the entire internet is powered. Designer Emil Villumsen shared his thoughts on both on Quora : WordPress is strong in its plethora of plugins, basically plug-n-play modules that you don’t need coding skills to empower your website. A brief history of WordPress.

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The Austin Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge

Austin Startup

The centerpiece of the pledge is the Walker Rule, which is inspired by the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which was created by the late Dan Rooney in 2003 and is now supported by his son, Art Rooney II, President of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Rooney Rule requires every NFL team to interview at least one minority candidate for head coach vacancies.

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