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Solving unmet needs through startup companies

In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’ Sarah Mitroff, wired.com Consumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don’t really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check-in to the restaurants and shops we enter, or Facebook encouraging us to share every detail of our lives. But it’s… In…
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Consumer startups and the power of paying

Big Tech: The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges Ryan Tate, wired.com When choosing a platform API to build upon, paying cash up front can help you avoid paying in time and regret later. Ryan Tate The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges http://flip.it/mKa4L http://flip.it/sPIOD…
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Don’t Come to the Office

Eric V. Holtzclaw, inc.com LEAN FORWARD If your employees don’t work from home, you’re missing out on tons of benefits. Guidelines to make a work-from-home program work. I recently had a conversation with some fellow small business owners and was surprised to le… http://flip.it/GJCAR Don’t Come to the Office Related articles Working from Home Effectively…
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3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places

3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S. John Koetsier, venturebeat.com Three billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which…
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Design Some Awesome Business Cards

Design Some Awesome Business Cards This Weekend Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Whether business cards are irrelevant or not, they’re definitely a cool way to express yourself and easily provide your information. If you’re looking to make some cool cards, set aside a few hours this weekend and use these resources to help.Desi… Design Some Awesome Business…
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Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set

Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set (600 PNG Icons + PSD Source) Smashing Editorial, smashingmagazine.com Today we are pleased to feature Gemicon, a set of over 600 original high-quality icons in resolutions of 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 pixels. This set has been designed by Turqois and is being released to the…
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Freelancers, Stop Charging Hourly Rates

Freelancers, Stop Charging Hourly Rates: How To Guarantee Your Income With Agile Billing Benjamin Jackson, smashingmagazine.com For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. Actually, they need it all together, and they need it…
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Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy Tomio Geron, forbes.com On paper, Frederic Larson is just one data point in five years of U.S. government statistics showing underemployment in dozens of industries and stagnant income growth across the board. The 63-year-old photographer with two child… RT @Techmeme: Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of…
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Microsoft Hires Young Designer Whose Rebranding Project Went Viral

Microsoft Hires Young Designer Whose Rebranding Project Went Viral Stan Schroeder, mashable.com Remember Andrew Kim, the young design student who proposed an extensive rebranding of Microsoft’s many products and services? Well, Microsoft hired him.”I’ll be designing for Microsoft as of summer. I promise that I’ll make the my greatest work ev… http://flip.it/WdCed Related articles Microsoft…
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Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 Zoe Fox, mashable.com The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer.”As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate a… http://flip.it/NoiKA Related articles Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in…
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Could public urination be good for the environment?

Could public urination be good for the environment? By Susie Cagle, grist.org “Pee planters,” fruit fences, and LED hopscotch might sound like a normal weekend in San Francisco, but the Urban Prototyping Festival isn’t exactly aiming for normal. Click to embiggen. Part art-installation festival, part pop-… RT @grist: Could public urination be good for the…
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Mitch Lowe enlists an army of Zuckerbergs

Mitch Lowe enlists an army of Zuckerbergs to save the planet By Andrew Zaleski, grist.org With just a couple of finger taps on my smartphone, I can purchase a beer via QR code or tell the people in city hall about a downed power line on my street. It’s better living through gadgetry — and…
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