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“Coming for the Content, Staying for the Community” Started With Video Games (Or Maybe Religion?) But Will Define Media This Decade

Hunter Walker

Second, that community is the most powerful retention mechanism available to game developers, because you see, these “soldiers” were players in an online WWII multiplayer simulation. As I looked around for more examples of this I found that the introduction of connectivity to gaming (hello internet!) each month). each month).

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Mr. Lindzon’s new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, Assistly, Bit.ly and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In Maybe we are talking about community servants or folks we previously thought were community servants. We can be deliberate about these things.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I originally provided pro-bono public relations services to artists and non-profits due to my love for the community and the arts. I wanted to make the community and the world aware of the talent, businesses and resources that thrive within my city. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Sandeep Todi.

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Making a Difference Through Your Career

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Choosing a career that allows you to give back to your community or take other measures to make the world a better place takes some thought. As long as the location has a stable internet connection, you could continue with your career while making a positive contribution to those in need. Live Where You Want to Make a Change.

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

Cartoon: Five people are sitting around a conference table discussing city planning and community engagement. Connecting to the Internet of Things, the smart stick guides the people who are blind safely by accessing information from traffic lights, cross walks, buses and construction and weather reports.

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Ecosystem + Incubator = Startup "Ecobator" NestGSV

ReadWriteStart

Take a tour of the campus and you’ll see representatives from corporations, universities, governments and the investment community. Currently 22 are residing there, paying $550 a month for a desk with 300Mbps of Internet bandwidth. The best case for both parties is that they decide to join our community. OK, maybe not.).

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