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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

He spent a few months building out the software because just taking stuff from people isn’t that difficult. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes. We both loved the idea and within weeks he was moved to LA and worked out of our office on the concept as an EIR.

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[Review] Heart, Smarts, Guts, And Luck

YoungUpstarts

Idea generators and cultural leaders, these “big picture” individuals have a strong sense of vision and values, helping to differentiate one business from another. Commonly found in most business founders who take the greatest risks and reap the greatest rewards, Heart-driven individuals are more emotional than logical.

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Frameworks Round 2

TechEmpower

This change accounts for the very slight increase in rps seen in several frameworks, including those that saw no change to their benchmark or library code. We have indicated any frameworks that received community review or for which the tests were wholly contributed by the community with a ✓ flag after their name in the results tables.

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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

T = Tools, the myriad platforms and software needed. To make one’s social CRM strategy come alive, the book proposes the following key ideas: 1) Adopt a strategy canvas approach (ala Blue Ocean Strategy ) to differentiate your business from the “red oceans” of competitors. m = Measurement, a necessary evil.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 17

TechEmpower

As you review Round 17 results, you'll notice that Postgres database tests are stratified—there are groups of test implementations that seem implausibly faster than other test implementations. First, it can be applied "seamlessly" to application code. The application code does not need to be aware this is happening.

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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

Along with lack of oversight, outdated software or hardware, inadequate cybersecurity, or one bad tech investment could seal the demise of a small enterprise. is any liability incurred in the development, acquisition, use, and retirement of technology — i.e. hardware and software systems, or the skills set needed to support them.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

That died with waterfall software development. If you plan to charge more than them I need to know how your product will differentiate to command a premium. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Each quarter you should review your model.