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Machine Learning Applications To Give Your Startup A Competitive Edge

The Realtime Report

Machine Learning Applications To Give Your Startup A Competitive Edge. billion healthcare market, and its banking on machine learning powered startups to achieve that end. So far, Google has revealed four companies that are participating in the project. Google wants a chunk of the $2.7 percent and will be worth $8.81

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Laying Off Microsoft

Jason Yormark

There was no question really when Microsoft offered. I put in four amazing years with Microsoft Advertising and made life long friends in the process. I never imagined Microsoft would lay anyone off, but the economy had other plans. Hell, Microsoft throws away millions of dollars on everything you could imagine.

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What Does it Mean When Social Media Companies Can’t Survive?

Direct Marketing Observations

Both companies had traffic and users, and both applications were free, but the problem was, they could not figure out how to make a living off of a social utility. Sure we’ve had a ton of companies that have gone belly up , but what does it mean today? Forget ad revenue from traffic as a major concern for new social startups.

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Case Study: How a Blogger Became a Startup Founder

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Here’s how she went from being a blogger to becoming a startup founder and CEO. Here are Cas’s biggest tips for anyone contemplating a startup, based on what she’s learned so far. Don’t confuse startup and blog monetization. A startup is a business you plan to scale fast. But it’s not something to take on lightly.

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Revolutionizing Retail: ‘Humanized’ Live Online Video Sales Spurring Seismic eComm Paradigm Shifts

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Already working with world-class brands clients like Dolce & Gabanna, Lancôme, Microsoft, Dermalogica and other global brands throughout the U.S., The award-winning startup has also been recognized by the likes of Microsoft GrowthX and Expo2020 (The World Expo). markets.

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Major Social Media Acquisitions: 3 Must-Reads

Firebelly

Big companies have been acquiring social media startups a lot lately. Here are 3 must-reads on some of the larger acquisitions and, more importantly, why these companies feel the need to become more social. Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft’s Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape.

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Facebook’s IPO: 5 Must-Reads

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But Facebook has many of the traits that made Apple, Microsoft, and Google great in the long run. By Tim Worstall It might sound a little strange claiming that a company which has just launched a huge IPO has in some way failed. By Charles Arthur Facebook IPO generated no big stock gains on its first day of trading.

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