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The 7 Deadly Mistakes That Make Websites Slow [Infographic]
Thursday, April 5, 2012 Kevin Mandeville - Web Designer, Yottaa
There are several common mistakes people make that slow down their website. Are you making any of them? See the mistakes below (and how you can fix them if you are making... 
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Mentor Like You Mean it
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Dave Balter (CEO, BzzAgent) & Jennifer Lum (Co-Founder, Apricot Capital)
There’s something magical happening in Boston right now, and it’s going to make history.  Like many Startup scenes, Boston’s is truly exploding, vibrant with...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Opinions, Voices
A Place to Turn for Punchbowl
Monday, February 27, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
A few years ago, I started a Groundhog Day tradition at Punchbowl. We've always made February 2nd a company holiday (yes, it's my favorite reason to celebrate), and in the last few years...
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Don't be afraid of the platform
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Timothy Jones - CEO, Buzzient
One of the paradoxes in building a large internet services or software company is the challenge of building a platform. That is, creating a technology base upon which your own...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology Trends, Voices
How Smarterer Grew by More Than 1250% in One Week
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Dave Balter - CEO of BzzAgent, Executive Chairman of Smarterer
We’ve been developing Smarterer for the better part of a year now, quietly building a platform that uses crowd-sourced questions to validate peoples’ social and professional skills.  Like many...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Success Stories, Voices
Thirtysomething Entrepreneurship
Friday, January 20, 2012 Micah Rosenbloom - CEO, Novophage
As I recently hit the second half of my 30s, I must admit that my views towards entrepreneurship have changed since I launched my first company at 22. Entrepreneurs like myself are...
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Five lessons after five years of Punchbowl
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
Five years ago this week, I was part of a small team (me, Sean, Devin and Gerard) that launched MyPunchbowl.com (now Punchbowl.com). The site...
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Why Amazon is better positioned to win in the tablet world than hardware OEMs and what it means
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Ted Chan - Founder and CEO, Upward Mobility / Noyo
Recently, I’ve been putting my strategist hat on with regards to tablet ecosystems, both as a management consultant for CSMG, and in deciding where to devote energy as a...
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Innovation, Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
Customer Development and Inbound Marketing in Practice: The Story of Snapshot
Monday, December 12, 2011 Rob May - CEO and Co-Founder, Backupify
I don’t blog a lot about the inner workings of Backupify but our recent launch of Snapshot for Google Apps has been very successful, and it seemed like a good time to use this example...
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Vampire Hackathon: Bloodthirsty Hackers!
Monday, October 24, 2011 Dave Bisceglia - Co-Founder and CEO, The Tap Lab
Did you see a horde of undead developers ambling through Kendall Square at sunrise on Saturday morning? If so, don’t worry… The world isn’t coming to an end. Part Halloween...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Voices