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WT:Social And The New Age Of Social Networks
I’ve been following Jimmy Wales for years and I’m extremely excited to sign up for his latest project: WT:Social. If you’ve heard of WikiTribune before, WT:Social takes a similar take on social networks after the endless number of scandals around Facebook. The new social network just crossed 110,000 users and quickly picks up traction among…
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The Power of Networking Done Right
The reason I find networking critically important is simple. Referrals make the best business contacts. Freelancers get a lot of business through word-of-mouth. Internships are often contingent on a common point of contact. Hiring for a senior management position is almost completely dependent on networking. Moreover: Also, you’d be surprised how open, responsive, and helpful…
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The Power of Big-Picture Thinking: A Key to Sustainable Business Growth
Imagine a business that only focuses on short-term gains, ignoring the bigger picture. What would be the long-term consequences for its vision, strategy, and overall success? Would it be able to sustain growth and create lasting value in a rapidly evolving marketplace? A stark reminder of the need to shift from short-term goals to long-term…
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Top 26 of My Most Recommended Newsletters
I have been asked by many of my followers and business associates about my most recommended newsletters and every time, I take delight in sharing my list. Whenever I recommend, you are guaranteed that I only recommend what I read on a regular basis. After all, we cannot give what we do not have. 🙂 …
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8 Tips for Technical Speakers
As a seasoned technical speaker at the Telerik Academy, I received an invitation for one of my favorite technical events – DevReach. Despite the fact that I am too biased with Open Source and normally try to stay away from Microsoft and other companies relying mostly on closed source products, it’s always helpful to see…
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9 Ways to Use Quora for Business Growth
A few years ago, we surveyed most of our clients. We wanted to do a recap of a certain year and see what we could do better. Some of the standard questions revolved around our key services, what are the things we do best and where we fail the most. But we also wanted to…
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Shortcut to the WordPress Community for Beginners
Last week Siobhan wrote a very thorough and comprehensive article regarding the WordPress Community. People who are just stepping on the WordPress ground have a hard time figuring out where to start, how to get better and furthermore how to give back to a project. Luckily, the continuous work on the community-related groups is leading to…
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Common Recruitment Challenges in the IT Industry
My position in my LinkedIn profile is a CEO of a team of 25 for several years now (nowadays 45), and yet I still do receive about a dozen emails every week through LinkedIn inviting me to apply as a junior developer somewhere or take on a senior position for an industry that I hadn’t even heard of. Additionally,…
