Confessions Of A Once-Smart-Now-Dumbphone Owner
March 14, 2012Confession: May 3, 2010 was last day I owned a smartphone – an iPhone 3G. Fresh out of college, I found myself unemployed and no longer able to afford the.
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What Gowalla Should Have Done
March 14, 2012This week, Facebook decided to shut down location-based social travel app Gowalla after acquiring the company last December. This is not a surprise to tech insiders who called the Gowalla.
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SXSW: “Don’t Cut Your Toenails During a Pitch,” And Other Advice by Oren Jacob
March 11, 2012As an ex-“entrepreneur in residence” with August Capital, and the current CEO of ToyTalk, Oren Jacob knows more than a thing or two about how startups get funded. Having sat on.
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Don’t Go To SXSW; Crush Your Competition Instead
March 11, 2012SXSW kicked off on Friday, but you already knew that if you signed into Facebook or Twitter over the weekend. Every tech hub that is not Austin, TX becomes a.
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Don’t Gamify News
March 9, 2012As if you needed more reasons to chase around digital badges on the internet, this week, crowdsourced journalism platform NewsIt announced that it has raised a $500,000 seed round. NewsIt’s.
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Should Startup Incubators Offer Charm School?
March 8, 2012Nerds are becoming business leaders, but they are lacking social skills for the business world. Should incubators be teaching charm school classes to startup founders?
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How To Price Your Web App
March 5, 2012When you are ready to launch a new product, how do you know that you are charging your new users the correct price? Maybe you decided pricing based on what.
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The Definition of the Ideal Community Manager
March 3, 2012I’m thinking about hiring a Community Manager for my company. Can you name one trait that you believe all great Community Managers should have? The following answers are provided by.
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Should Your Startup Hire A Community Manager?
February 29, 2012The internet never sleeps. In the global economy, users are expecting help with your products 24 hours a day. Sure, this sounds like a lot of work. It is. But.
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‘Joustin Bieber’ One App Developer’s Battle with the Pop Sensation
February 29, 2012RC3, an app developer who released a game entitled “Joustin’ Beaver,” recently received a cease and desist letter from Justin Bieber’s lawyers claiming that the name of the game infringed.
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