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[Review] Gamification By Design: Implementing Game Mechanics In Web And Mobile Apps

YoungUpstarts

The trouble with a book titled “ Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps ” is that most people will assume it’s meant for games – or at the very most, application – designers.

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Top Financial Resources for Small Businesses in Northwest Phoenix

The Startup Magazine

They know the community, and theyre more likely to take a personal approach when reviewing your loan application. The Small Business Administration (SBA) also offers a variety of loan programs, including ones specifically designed for startups. Theyre user-friendly and designed to grow your business.

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7 Keys To Making A Business Out Of Your Great Product

Startup Professionals Musings

Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different. In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment.

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Solving Software Quality Challenges During The Global Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

In a recent Call for Code Global Challenge , IBM outlined the top three areas that are in urgent need of rapid solution development: – Crisis communication. – Community cooperation. It is therefore paramount that despite the time constraints this software meets the highest standards of quality.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. They communicated this to product management who looked at all of the internal requirements we had generated (e.g.

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Innovating Elder Care: How Startups Are Addressing Abuse in Nursing Homes

The Startup Magazine

Cases of nursing home battery injuries—where residents suffer deliberate physical harm—are especially egregious, yet they often go underreported due to fear of retaliation or a lack of family awareness. One example is platforms designed to guide families through the reporting process.

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The End Of Marketing As We Know It

YoungUpstarts

It’s hard to believe these are the methods and tools of a profession designed to attract and persuade us to become customers — especially when “we the buyers” increasingly ignore them. At their most effective, they’re doing the opposite: They’re allowing customers to re-create the experience of shopping and buying in their local communities.

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