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Don’t Follow The Buzzwords For Small Business Technology

YoungUpstarts

Today’s technology landscape is littered with buzzwords and seemingly urgent exhortations for businesses: move to the cloud, spend time and money developing a mobile app, support mobility, and so on. Rather than focusing on technology as a cost centre, businesses should regard it as an innovation centre. Know your IT requirements.

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The Largest Black Technology Conference: AfroTech Kicks Off Sunday in Austin

SiliconHills

The largest black technology conference, AfroTech Conference, kicks off Sunday at the Austin Convention Center. The conference features fireside chats with technology leaders and music performances. It marks a return to in-person events after two years of the AfroTech Conference held virtually due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Strap Technologies Prepares For New Round of Growth With New Technology Officer: Benjamin Eynon

Austin Startup

Strap Technologies is on a mission to become the world’s first substitute for the white cane. Strap Technologies has announced that Benjamin Eynon will join the rapidly expanding Strap team. About Strap Technologies: Strap Technologies is on a mission to become the world’s first substitute for the white cane.

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Hypothesis-Driven Growth: How to Turn Data into Revenue

Duct Tape Marketing

We're playing the first game of the year, and Austin is our number nine hitter. And everything we knew about Austin was, you look at Austin's fast, and so he's on first base, there's no outs. I give the signal to steel, Austin takes off pitches, thrown catcher throws to second base, and I kid you not. (05:31):

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STRAP Technologies, Groundbreaking Device to Aid the Visually Impaired, Announces New Hire

Austin Startup

Strap Technologies, the groundbreaking company headquartered in Austin, Texas with a mission to become the world’s first substitute for the white cane, has announced that Natalia Ferriz will join the rapidly expanding team as Marketing Director. She is also a national speaker for What a Woman, Dalia Empower, Clip and Fuckup nights.

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Hiring Employee #1

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

That is, when you have a candidate on the phone, you can use the resume to ask about previous experience, test their knowledge of technologies they claim to have, etc. Pick the weirdest technology in the list, or pick on one bullet point they listed two jobs ago that seems a little odd to you. .” Everyone talks to everyone.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Killer Events – Think about what a wonderful benefit Austin gets by hosting SxSW every year. Once per year we all have a reason to be in Austin so you’re naturally going to want to get to know the local tech scene, lowering the barrier to people wanting to move there, invest there and spend time there. Austin has Dell.

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