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A butterfly flaps its wings and you make a sale

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

It's easy to be taken in by the idea of the Butterfly Effect : That a butterfly gently flapping its wings in the jungles of Madagascar can indirectly cause a Typhoon off the coast of Jakarta. Or, updating for modern-day relevancy, Naomi Dunford pounds a curse word into a Wordpress and Brian Clark makes $172.

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Michel Ruiz Provides a Needed Diversion: Interview with KaviAR Tech

The Startup Magazine

The concept is very easy to use: once you’ve downloaded the application, you will find a library of destinations, you pick a destination, such as a gorgeous beach in Madagascar or a charming streetscape in Paris, and you set the door in front of you in your living room, garden or home.

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Founder Interview: Michel Ruiz on Augmented Reality and Building the KaviAR Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

KaviAR Gate is the world’s first augmented reality teleportation application tool allowing one to “visit” exotic destinations right from their smartphone.

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Disrupting Finance From Above: Wealthfront

abovethecrowd.com

I can ping Madagascar from my desktop in California in 368ms, but it takes 72 hours for a U.S. This supposedly “electronic” network enables people to transfer funds from one bank account to another. The pathetic thing is that this “electronic” network takes three earth days to settle. bank transfer to happen. Guess who controls ACH?

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The Business Of Movies

entrepreMusings

Madagascar 3 – Europe’s Most Wanted. It wasn’t until 1952 that the “hysterical” diagnoses for women was removed from the medical field. It’s hilarious what they labeled as women’s symptoms of hysteria (i.e., wandering womb)! I love most animated movies.

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What’s So Funny?

entrepreMusings

I like to watch them too and my kids ask me (while they are laughing) why I think they are so funny and I tell them “I just do.&# They are Penguins of Madagascar (based on the DreamWorks movie series Madagascar ) and Emmy award winning Disney channel’s Phineas and Ferb.