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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site.

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Security And Privacy Are Entrepreneur Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Cars Direct / Internet Brands.

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Don’t Let Paranoia Dampen Your Startup Spirit

Startup Professionals Musings

I must be the only one who believes that most of the “watching” in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. The opportunity is to take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet.

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Entrepreneurs: See Paranoia As An Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

I must be the only one who believes that most of the “watching” in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

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Building iPhone apps for the ‘Internet of Things’? Here’s how to get prepared

The Next Web

What exactly is the “Internet of Things”? However, the company still had to build a product that converts data from a credit card’s magnetic strip into an audio signal, allowing it to recognize transactions, which is neither easy or cheap to do. This post was originally published on the Fueled blog.

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Privacy is a Startup Challenge and an Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

With another list of the Top 10 Internet Scams and more identity theft , there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. The opportunity is to take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Why is everyone so paranoid these days? Don’t take shortcuts on these.