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5 ways being wrong makes you right

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by on July 18, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, bad ideas, Insider

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Finding a creative idea with your team is not about waiting for someone to come up with that one good idea out of the blue. Rather, research into creative teams shows that the road to good ideas is paved with bad ones. Creativity, it seems, is full of detours, cross roads and cul-de-sacs—and the more false tracks, the better. The more you are wrong, the more you will be right in the end. Here are five insights that will teach your team to be wrong the better way , based on research by Prof. Teresa Amabile at the Harvard Business School…

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10 Photoshop alternatives offer powerful editing and photo management controls

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by on July 18, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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One could argue that, as an image editor, Adobe Photoshop is in a class by itself — a unique industry standard. So perhaps it’s counterintuitive to suggest alternatives or replacements for it. Still, some people who bought Photoshop in the past did so because it was the best image editing app, even if it had high-end features they knew they would never need. But, the industry has changed. Instead of just being one piece of software among many, Photoshop is now the linchpin of Adobe’s Creative Cloud service, and for the past couple of years, it’s been available only by…

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How to make a living with WordPress

Jul18
by on July 18, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, making money, wordpress

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Matteo Duò is Content Strategist at Codeable, the #1 outsourcing service for WordPress providing top-notch WordPress experts to small businesses, agencies, and bloggers. Wanna know know more about WordPress and entrepreneurship? Check out Codeable blog. In all of the Interwebs, WordPress plays a key role. It can lay claim to 60+ million websites, 65 percent of the CMS-powered websites market share and a vast community of enthusiast developers, designers, and advocates. Because of this, it should be your choice to start an online business, whether it’d be about selling products or providing custom services. So, how can you earn money with…

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Why Y Combinator alum Themidgame is heading back to Chile

Jul18
by on July 18, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America, Profiles and Interviews

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Only a few months after graduating from Y Combinator, the team behind influencer marketing marketplace Themidgame is moving back to Chile, where its founders had previously participated in Start-Up Chile‘s 9th generation of startups. At the time, Colombian entrepreneurs Andrés Felipe Díaz and Carlos Saavedra had recently launched the first version of Themidgame to connect bloggers and advertisers, and Chile’s government-backed program represented a great opportunity for them. “To go there and get co-working space and mentorship when we were just creating our prototype was really helpful,” they said. Chile 1 – USA 0 Thanks to Start-Up Chile’s 40k equity-free…

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11 of the most helpful communities on Reddit

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by on July 18, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, reddit

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Reddit has been through a lot lately, but that doesn’t mean you should steer clear of one of the most populous forums on the Web. It’s home to countless vibrant communities sharing ideas and advice on how to get the most out of life. I’ve rounded up some of the most helpful subreddits I’ve come across during my time on the site. /r/explainlikeimfive Need a simple answer to your complicated question? Ask it here and let the 5.7 million-member community break it down in layman-friendly terms. Hop in here to discover why human babies evolved to be so loud and demanding, what the Trans-Pacific Partnership is…

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