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7 tips for bootstrapping a (profitable) Internet company

7 tips for bootstrapping a (profitable) Internet company

Original post by Jeremy Hitchcock via VB  Dyn has been a bootstrapped company and profitable from day one. We get a lot of questions on how we pulled this off, and while I would love to claim all the credit, there’s nothing really magical about our success. We started as an open-source, community-led project, found a need, […]

US daily deals site Groupon may set up customer support centre in Chennai

Original post by The Economic Times BANGALORE: Groupon Inc, based in President Obama’s hometown Chicago, is testing the waters to set up a customer support centre in Chennai, ignoring the anti-outsourcing noises that have surrounded the hotly-contested presidential election in the United States. The daily deals site, which sells discount coupons of local merchants, is experimenting with the […]

Dubai business environment is booming but more could be done

Original post by albawaba So far this year, the Dubai Chamber has registered 48 per cent more companies than the same period last year, with the vast majority of those small to medium-sized businesses Meanwhile, free zones, such as Virtuzone, have also experienced strong demand from entrepreneurs setting up shop and five new funds – Beco […]

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, it pays to work in high tech

Original post by Matt Berger via Marketplace Tech Report  The Internet, high tech and computer manufacturing industries continue to boost local and state economies with competitive jobs and high wages. On average, a high-tech worker in the private sector earns 77 percent more than a worker with a non-tech job, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics […]

Apple Announces Record Pre-Orders For iPhone 5: 2M in 24 Hours, 2X iPhone 4S Day One Sales

Original post by DARRELL ETHERINGTON via TC Apple today announced that it managed to rack up 2 million pre-orders for the iPhone 5 in 24 hours, two times as many as it managed for the iPhone 4S last year, which sold over 1 million devices during its first 24 hours of pre-order sales. That’s a new record, which shouldn’t surprise anyone […]