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How to take your startup global on a shoestring budget

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by on October 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Alec Lynch is the founder and CEO of global crowdsourcing startup DesignCrowd. If you run a startup or online business (or have an idea for one), there’s a good chance the opportunity for your venture is a global one. However, conventional startup wisdom seems to be: start local, then go global. Focus on one market – probably your domestic market – first, get traction and think global later. I disagree with this as a hard and fast rule. For some this is definitely the best path but for many online businesses there will be a strong case (and sometimes a necessity) to…

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A step-by-step guide to launching a product (for complete newbies)

Oct11
by on October 11, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Jason SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt and author of Creativity For Sale. After Skyping with some college students, I wanted to share my process for launching a product or creative campaign. Whether it was launching IWearYourShirt, starting a non-profit, selling my last name, or various other campaigns/ideas, there’s been some semblance of a system I use that I wanted to share. While these steps may not fit perfectly for every business, product, or idea, I think they’re a good foundation and get you a lot further than just throwing something out on the Internet and crossing your fingers and toes. For…

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Designer passport: The colorful kingdom of the cheetahs

Oct11
by on October 11, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's

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Rui Stalph is an artist and Web designer based in Germany and Japan. She loves to create designs that involve animals and colors with a little bit of quirkiness. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Rui Stalph is an illustrator who loves to spread her passion for animals, colors, and a bit of quirkiness through her designs. She was born in Japan, grew up in Kenya, and currently lives in Germany, while traveling a lot for inspiration. It was on one of those trips that she came up with the idea for…

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The problem with designing for smart homes? You don’t have any users

Oct11
by on October 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Henrik Holen is the CEO and co-founder of Viva Labs, a next-generation smart home platform for ISPs, cable companies and utilities. Want to make a bazillion dollars? Build a dishwasher that empties itself. These days, it’s easy to mock many of the smart products that appear on the market, but a really good one – one that solves a real problem for consumers – is something that people will beat down your door to get. A smart home that can reduce its carbon footprint and make people feel more secure and more comfortable without demanding too much has the potential…

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