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When to Pay a Premium for Your Company Domain Name

Startup Professionals Musings

He was one of the first to realize that people can register a name and return it without cost after a free trial. ne), and Ethiopia (.et) Domains cost between $7 and $15 per year at GoDaddy.com or Register.com , if nobody already owns it. Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap. co), Oman (.om),

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Three Megatrends That Will Affect Everybody’s Business

YoungUpstarts

For many mature economies like Japan and the US, the workforce will be older, healthcare costs will be higher, and it looks like we will see diminishing pension benefits. Advances in 3-D printing will change the cost and efficiency of making a lot of products and even body parts or organs! Only time will tell.

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How Much Should You Pay For a Great Domain Name?

Startup Professionals Musings

He was one of the first to realize that people can register a name and return it without cost after a free trial. ne), and Ethiopia (.et) Domains cost between $7 and $15 per year at GoDaddy.com or Register.com , if nobody already owns it. Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap. co), Oman (.om),

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What Happens When Leaders Forget The Culture That Made Their Company Great?

YoungUpstarts

When you start straying from the practices that got you where you are, you run the risk of making decisions that will cost you in the long run. One example that surfaced recently involved Boeing, which posted its first full-year loss in more than two decades.

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This is how to Use Gifting as a Marketing Channel

Mike Michalowicz

In 1985, Ethiopia sent $5,000 to Mexico after an 8.1 Because 50 years earlier, Mexico went to bat for Ethiopia when Italy invaded. If you want to get more, no-cost , education on the topic of strategic gifting, join our newsletter at TheGiversEdge.com. We’re all familiar with the law of reciprocity. Last plug, I promise).

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11 Compelling TED Talks On Money

YoungUpstarts

It’s going to take a bit of time and even more money, but this former World Bank economist shares a strategy to forge a commodities market in Ethiopia, with the ultimate goal of creating a sustainable society. Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Ethiopian economics. Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. The sensor costs only about $100, and can protect a $10,000+ asset.