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The Web & Business Tools Startups Use Most [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Web & Business Tools Startups Use Most [INFOGRAPHIC]
Putting the likes of the super-funded aside (Color, anyone?), most early-stage startups operate on tight budgets and spend their dollars sparingly. A bevy of web services have made start-up costs all the more affordable, but now there's the conundrum of nearly too much choice. The folks at BestVendor surveyed 550 startup staffers — most in marketing and executive administration positions — on their favorite tools for email, accounting, web analytics, CRM, productivity, design, storage, payment processing, operations and so forth. Their answers, in aggregate, speak to the growing trend in startups moving toward predominately cloud-based operations. So what's hot among startups these days? Check out the infographic below for even more insight on the web and business services that today's startups are selecting en masse.

Wunderlist, gérer ses tâches facilement Rien de tel que les listes pour ne pas oublier les tâches diverses et variées à accomplir… La bonne vieille méthode du post-it ou de la feuille volante a fait ses preuves, mais bon, reste à savoir où on a pu la laisser traîner. De nombreuses solutions de gestions de tâches à faire ou de listes ont vu le jour sur mobile ou en ligne, des plus épurées aux plus sophistiquées, des gratuites aux plus onéreuses. Pas toujours facile de trouver l’application qui convient le mieux à vos besoins et à votre équipement ! Voici un service qui devrait combler pas mal d’attentes : Wunderlist. Créé par la start-up allemande 6Wunderkinder, cette application permet en effet de gérer ses tâches très simplement, et surtout sur quasiment toutes les plateformes possibles, gratuitement. Vous pouvez donc commencer à utiliser Wunderlist sur votre smartphone (Android, Windows, iPhone), sur un iPad ou simplement sur votre navigateur. Le site Wunderlist via Valentin de Webtribulation

Product Development: 9 Steps for Creative Problem Solving [INFOGRAPHIC] Ronald Brown is a successful startup CEO with an extensive background in technology and consumer marketing. His new book, Anticipate. The Architecture of Small Team Innovation and Product Success is available via iTunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. Creativity is the main prerequisite for innovation. However, our culture emphasizes critical thinking to the near exclusion of creative thinking (although it was the key to success in the Information Age). Today's business is dominated by global complexity and commoditization. What constitutes creative thinking? In business, the process of generating and commercializing a good idea has been honed by creative industries for more than a hundred years.

Evernote | Productivity 101 Some people think of Evernote as your external brain and in a sense this is true. Over the course of the last 4 years I have learned to use Evernote in more ways. It is far more than my external brain. Getting Things Done setup I have written on this blog about setting up Evernote for GTD. Others like Ruud Hein and The Secret Weapon are using a tag based system. Filing is a problem In my home office I do have a reference file system that is setup as David Allen describes in his book Getting Things Done, The Art of Stress-Free Productivuty. In my own experience and in coaching people I have found that handling the digital realm is even a bigger struggle for a lot of people. Evernote as your digital archiving system And in comes Evernote. How to setup Evernote as your GTD system? How can I help you using Evernote even better for GTD?

Propulser son appli dans le Top des Stores Le nombre de téléchargements d'applications connaît une croissance constante. Le boom des smartphones, et l'émergence des tablettes, a entraîné dans son sillon l'explosion des applications. Selon une étude menée par Flurry, en situation de mobilité, les applications natives seraient plus utilisées que les sites web. En 2011, les utilisateurs d'iOS devraient télécharger en moyenne 83 applis, contre 51 l'an passé, et les développeurs pourraient bien avoir à se partager une coquette somme : quelque 3 milliards de dollars. De plus en plus nombreuses, les applis sont de facto de plus en plus volatiles. Ce nouveau marché a fait émerger de nouveaux métiers regroupés sous l'appellation 'marketing mobile'. Tête de gondole "Un grand nombre d'applications a du mal à émerger, à être visible. Forcer le référencement naturel a bien entendu un prix : moyennant 8 000 euros, promesse est faite de faire remonter l'application dans le Top 10.

To Create Long-term Shareholder Value, Start with Employees - Kenneth W. Freeman by Kenneth W. Freeman | 12:38 PM October 12, 2011 This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO’s Role in Fixing the System. When I first became head of MetPath in 1995, a troubled Corning subsidiary that eventually became Quest Diagnostics, I dropped in on what was one of the largest clinical testing laboratories in the U.S. The attrition rate turned out to be 45%. As Raymond Gilmartin writes, people work not just for money but also for meaning in their lives. That would require, as Dominic Barton observes, balancing financial metrics with measures that track the ability to forge internal alignment. Why employee satisfaction and not customer satisfaction? That means not only treating all employees with dignity, respect, and fairness but also helping them see how critical they are to the enterprise. In those early days at MetPath, the company desperately needed a turnaround — a situation in which employee satisfaction usually gets short shrift.

Successful Freelancing With Ruby On Rails: Workflow, Techniques And Tools Advertisement Warning: Freelancing Is Not for Everyone A freelancer is a self-employed person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any particular employer. Your curiosity in this opportunity was probably sparked by posts marked “Freelance” or “Work from anywhere” on the myriad of job boards around the Web. Photo by Dmitry Belitsky Ruby, with all of its frameworks and libraries (such as Rails, Merb and Sinatra), is a practical tool to use in your freelance Web development career because of its focus on clean code, object-oriented syntax, efficient development practices and strong community (whether a simple IRC chat room or large conference). So, your skill may be in Ruby and your approach is to freelance, but it’s not that easy: freelancing is no walk in the park. Over the four years that I’ve been freelancing, I have figured out the intricacies of it and grown to completely love it. Pros Photo by Giorgio Montersino. Be your own boss. Enjoy your freedom. Cons Job Boards

So you want to do a startup, eh? Four Strategy Gurus to Avoid - Scott Anthony by Scott Anthony | 3:29 PM October 12, 2011 About a year ago I miscalculated — badly — on the Microsoft Kinect. In terms of speed of adoption, only Apple’s iPad has rivaled the Kinect. That’s pretty much what happens to a pundit who gets it wrong — nothing. Life is tougher for the strategist. The non-user. The projector. The freeze framer. The opiner. As an occasionally unhelpful pundit myself, I hope I’ve helped you dodge these dangerous characters — or at least put their opinions into perspective. 10 Commandments of Modern Web Design Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction. — Albert Einstein I would argue that a huge part of that genius Einstein refers to can be found in clarity of purpose and principles. We all wind up in those situations where we're focusing on technical details, implementation and points of process, and missing the bigger picture. Below I've documented some of my emerging, fundamental design principles. The mobile web is important! Secret: 98% of the following three paragraphs I learned directly from Luke Wroblewski. Why care so much about mobile in our design process? But wait, there's more! Back to List Create once, publish everywhere. Editorial teams need a singular, simple workflow to produce content once that then gets distributed efficiently and effectively to all device types. Editorial workflow is important! Release early and often. Design mobile first.

8 Crucial Elements of Startup Success Bill Clark is the CEO of MicroAngel Capital Partners, a venture firm that gives more investors access to alternative investments. He also gives investors the ability to invest in startups online through crowdfunding. You can follow him on Twitter @austinbillc. Most people understand that a high percentage of startups never make it. So what if you could give yourself a leg up on the competition? Below is a list of tips that may help your startup get to the next level. 1. If you don’t have the skills to code, make sure you find someone with a solid programming background who can implement your idea. 2. Sometimes you’ll encounter a last-minute opportunity to add features to your product. 3. If you’re developing a product, make sure you truly understand the needs of your end users. 4. Solving a problem for a targeted niche is not a bad idea — the smaller the niche, the less competition you may face. 5. As most startups know, determining how much money to raise is difficult. 6. 7. 8.

Michael Mahemoff – Google+ - DHH rather dampened my fantasy of a Rails 5 focused on… DHH rather dampened my fantasy of a Rails 5 focused on fat-client JavaScript apps: Rails is great for fat-client JS apps as it stands today. Everything on the controller and model side of things makes for a wonderful backend for fat-client JS apps. But if you're going to use Rails for the view, the focus will remain on making Basecamp-style apps (turbolinks, russian caching dolls, etc). - Although I agree Rails is presently a great option for fat-client apps, it could be a lot better without compromising its core workings. The other practical downside with Rails right now is view assets are shoved inside one subdirectory as a kind of afterthought. I'm very happy with Rails today, but I see the industry moving towards Meteor ( and friends if Rails stays in the conventional website mode.

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