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4 steps to make experimentation a repeatable process in your business

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 9:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, experimentation, How-To's, innovation, Insider

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Mike Fishbein does content marketing at Alpha UX. You can connect with him @mfishbein or via his personal site, mfishbein.com. The traditional product lifecycle of idea generation, extensive product development and market research, and a marketing budget-heavy launch has become an artefact of the past. Product teams from garage startups to Fortune 500s are increasingly adopting a product development practice that puts experimentation and user insights at the forefront. Most new products fail, and most frequently because they do not meet user needs. Running experiments helps product managers validate customer demand for a product concept earlier in the product lifecycle. By…

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Europe’s fastest-growing young tech companies: Here are the Tech5 finalists

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Voice

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A little over a month ago we teamed up with global payments technology provider Adyen to kick off the second edition of The European Tech5. Our aim was to identify Europe’s fastest-growing young tech companies. After receiving a ton of submissions and screening more than a hundred companies across six countries in Europe, the finalists have emerged and the lists are ready. The Tech5 lists are based on actual revenue and employee data and shows the growth rate between 2012 and 2015. The main entry criteria for the Tech5 were that a company must have launched in 2010 or later,…

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Twitter opens an office in Hong Kong, even though it’s banned in China

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 7:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

Twitter Hong Kong
Twitter is opening an office in Hong Kong today, even though the social network is banned in mainland China, reports South China Morning Post. While the company won’t be able to sign up new users in the country, it will be able to help Chinese businesses market their products and services to users overseas. Twitter’s Hong Kong branch will serve as the head office for the Greater China region. Asia Pacific vice president Shailesh Rao said, “We’re capitalising on this growing trend where the most ambitious, entrepreneurial and successful Chinese companies want to go global, and we believe that Twitter…

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Microsoft updates OneDrive for Business for easier file management in your browser

Mar10
by on March 10, 2015 at 7:03 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, OneDrive, Product Updates

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Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business Web app is getting an update to make it easier to create, share and find your files in the cloud. For starters, a simplified right-click menu for files and folders gives you options to quickly edit, download, share, copy or move and delete them. The contextual menu also includes advanced actions like viewing version history. There’s a revamped search tool that shows you files and folders that match your query as you’re typing — including those that other users have shared with you. In addition, recently uploaded and accessed files are displayed in a more informative card…

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