Archive for November, 2011

Got a Startup Idea? Don't Lock Yourself Away

Got a Startup Idea? Don’t Lock Yourself Away

Startups are urged to go lean — even in business planning. The NDRC’s Gary Leyden recommends using the one-page Business Model Canvas.

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The Future of News: Dead Papers, Living Journalism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk

A panel of journalists at the Dublin Web Summit discusses the future of news. While papers are in trouble, journalism can thrive elsewhere.

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5 Entrepreneur Lessons From The Coder Dojo Guy

5 Entrepreneur Lessons From The Coder Dojo Guy

“I don’t believe in age,” James Whelton, entrepreneur and Coder Dojo co-founder said. Encouraging words to people like me: aspiring entrepreneurs more than twice his age. Then Whelton, 19, and founder of his own company Disruptive Developments (@disruptivedev),  goes and ruins it all by saying he was talking about kids even younger than himself. The [...]

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How The Recession is Saving Business (Or at least one of them)

How The Recession is Saving Business (Or at least one of them)

Amongst all the recent bad economic news, it is nice to hear a success story. It is even more surprising when the company is in the devastated construction sector, sells a commodity product and its recent success is the result of the economic downturn. Speaking recently to a group of business leaders, the company CEO [...]

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11/11/11 A Day for Amps That Go To 11