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How Comcast Won The Seattle Mayoral Election

Published December 7, 2013 by Matthew McKinney
Category: Technology, Information, InfluenceTagged politicians, money wins elections, United States’ campaign culture, Tilman Act, Unions, Union contributions to political campaigns, Taft-Harley Act, The Political Action Committee, Super PACs, the Left, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Committee, Michael McGinn, Comcast, optic fiber network, Pioneer Square, Gigabit Squared, Ed Murray, liberal base, Corporate money, first amendment right
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Super PACs – An Invention from the Left It has never been a secret that money wins elections. The necessity to deliver political viewpoints and name recognition via television commercials, flyers, yard signs, etc. has long been the United States’ campaign culture, the funding an …

Snapchat is Facebook’s Biggest Threat, and Zuckerberg Knows It

Published November 21, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: The Web, Technology, Service, SWOT Analysis, Startups, Risk vs. RewardTagged entrepreneurs, Facebook, smartphones, social media, niche, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook usage among teens continues to decline, social network, generate major revenue, Snapchat, the quick removal of content, Twitter, focus on teenage users, social media companies, Snapchat’s potential value, social media success, exclusivity
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Snapchat: Social Media With A Short Memory is Taking Over Teenage Lives Recently, Mark Zuckerberg finally was forced to come clean and admit what many have been noticing over the past few years – Facebook is losing ground as the top social media choice among …

GrubHub and Seamless: A Marriage of Convenience

Published October 23, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: The Web, Technology, Service, Culture of Capitalism, StartupsTagged Seamless, GrubHub, innovation, start-ups, smartphones, startup capital, competitors, Seamless Web, e-commerce, convenient interface, tablets, viral-focused marketing campaign, CTA advertisements, smartphone and tablet users, new mobile technology, tech business, access newer markets
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The Marriage of GrubHub and Seamless When Seamless Web launched, back in the fledgling days of e-commerce just before the new millennium rolled in, its original founders had designs on providing an intuitive and simple online catering service. The site fulfilled its initial intentions, providing …

Healthcare.gov: A Bunch of Bad Bureaucratic Decisions

Published October 21, 2013 by Matthew McKinney
Category: The Web, Technology, Service, InfluenceTagged Obama, CGI Group, healthcare.gov website, biggest healthcare revision in U.S. history, Development Seed, government website, U.S healthcare website, CGI Federal, Open Source, biggest government websites ever created, government bureaucracy, taxpayer money, mismanagement, Github, overreaching government
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How the Federal Government Could Get Something So Critical, So Wrong In March of this year, a small tech firm called Development Seed was contracted by the United States government to help launch the healthcare.gov website, just in time for the biggest healthcare revision in U.S. …

Apple’s Future in Question Under Tim Cook’s Leadership

Published October 4, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: Technology, Culture of Capitalism, Influence, Risk vs. RewardTagged entrepreneur, innovation, Spotify, Apple, Steve Jobs, competition, Elon Musk, Apple Store on Michigan Ave, iPhone release, Tim Cook, Google Glass, iOS 7, Apple's future
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The Apple Appeal: Still the Same, or Longing for the Good Old Days? Outside the Apple Store on Michigan Ave, standing in what would amount to a 5- hour line awaiting the brand new 5s/5c iPhone release, I found myself pondering the future of everyday …

How The Google Hummingbird Update Changed The SEO Landscape For Online Businesses

Published October 2, 2013 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: The Web, Technology, Information, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, online business, Google, Google Hummingbird update, Internet Marketers, search engine, long tail queries, online entrepreneur, Google search updates, SERP, publishing high quality content, keyword stuffing, popular content, search traffic, high quality content
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[Tweet “Google’s Hummingbird update will reward online publishers who put their readers’ experience first”] Do you run an online business that receives a significant amount of traffic from Google? If so, then you need to acquaint yourself with the Google Hummingbird update. The update was …

Unhappy With Government Policy? Blame Yourself

Published September 28, 2013 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, Culture of Capitalism, InfluenceTagged bitcoin, technology, Government, government policy, Industrial Revolution, Information Revolution, Government Revolution, individual freedom, democracy, politician, politics, digitized information, Structure of Government, Social Contract, political authority, stakeholders, legislation, House of Representatives, Members of Parliament, improving efficiency, branches of the government, Fragmented Legislation, Citizens against Government Waste, taxpayers, legislative branch of the government, what is the role of government?
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Government, in North America, has gotten far too big, yet we the people haven’t put up any resistance to its rapid growth over the last two decades. [Tweet “If you are unhappy with the way government policy has influenced your life, look in the mirror.”] …

Embrace Change, Innovate, Stay Humble – Entrepreneurial Lessons Ballmer Forgot

Published September 20, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: The Web, Technology, InfluenceTagged entrepreneur, innovation, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, smartphone, niche, Microsoft, Gates Foundation, Steve Ballmer, consumers, Xbox 360, missed opportunities, entrepreneurial mistakes, innovative challenges, tablet, entrepreneurial lessons
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A Life Lesson on How Not To Run a Company: The Ballmer Years @ Microsoft At the turn of the new millennium, Microsoft was ubiquitous and reigned supreme when it came to discussions of technological innovation and product development. Riding the back of a decade …

What’s Your Entrepreneurial Mission?

Published September 14, 2013 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, Culture of Capitalism, Motivation, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, innovation, beauty of capitalism, capitalism, fatherpreneur, sustainable initiatives, importance for entrepreneurs to have a mission, Finding your entrepreneurial mission, innovator, Akinori Ito, convert our old plastics into oil
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[Tweet “Success is a byproduct of passion.”] When my son was born, everything changed for me; and that even included my perspective on business. I went from an entrepreneur to a fatherpreneur, meaning: I was more focused, from a business standpoint, on making a positive …

4 Rules to Starting a Lucrative Freelancing Business

Published June 14, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: The Web, Technology, Service, Information, Culture of CapitalismTagged entrepreneur, ODesk, niche market, online business, wealthy freelancer, freelancing, becoming a successful freelancer, niche skill, how freelancing works, freelancing business, niches
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One Freelancer’s Tips and Tricks For Becoming Your Own Venture First, I must make a bit of a confession. I myself am a wealthy online freelancer. I’ve been one for five years, and I admit that I have a problem. That problem is, I’ve found …

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