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Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

Startup Professionals Musings

He was an engineer, so his first act was to buy one of each of these computers, and disassemble them in his office (a practice frowned on in IBM at the time – due to lawsuits). IBM had traditionally done all its own vertical technology development, so this outside vendor thing broke all the rules. mHz, now 3.0

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SuperMac War Story 5: Strategy versus Relentless Tactical.

Steve Blank

We had thought really hard about “ market type ” and decided to reposition the company from a technology provider to a solutions provider. Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Now this is worth stopping and thinking about for a second.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

However, as an agency, clients expect you to be knowledgeable about shifts in the market, new technologies, approaches, tactics, and methodologies. Relying on client development alone will give you only part of the picture. For UX agencies, one example is offering technical or UX writing services. and had the same effect.

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Oracle—Larry Ellison. Peoplesoft—Dave Duffield.

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Twitter Link Roundup #141 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Moms at tech start-ups say they can have it all – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. – [link].