America's 10 Best Cities to Live and Launch A great place to live can also be a great place to start a business. The financial blog 24/7 Wall St. recently ranked the 50 best cities to live. They used Census Bureau data for 550 cities, including statistics on employment growth, educational attainment and housing affordability to determine which cities are at the top of the heap. Here are the top 10 cities to live (and also start a business):--Graham Rapier Lean Startup Tools Please sign in to do this Sign in with Twitter Hey there! Please log in before posting a product. Sorry! It looks like there's a problem. Contact us at hello@producthunt.com for help. close Sorry, looks like there's a hiccup! Please drop us a line at support@producthunt.com and we'll help you out! Close Lean Startup Tools Tools to help you validate, build, and launch your idea, curated by @poornima Hunting down older posts...
POP - Prototyping on Paper | Mobile App Prototyping Made Easy Flutter (AutoClick Complete) The Hacker News — Cyber Security, Hacking and Internet Security Channel Strategyzer • Your Business Model Toolbox A Marketer's Complete Guide to Launching Mobile Apps According to former CEO of AppVee and AndroidApps Alex Ahlund, the average cost to develop a mobile app is $6,453 -- and the cost can skyrocket to as much as $150,000 depending on the complexity of the app. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, the money and resources you dedicate to conceptualizing and developing a truly great mobile app can all be put to waste if you don't orchestrate a proper mobile app launch. In fact, in December 2011, the 1 millionth mobile app was pushed to market. For the purposes of this post, we're assuming you've already created a great mobile app that will yield active users, and you're interested in making sure people know about it when it is released. Step 1: Define Success If you're aiming for a successful mobile app launch, you need to define what success looks like. Step 2: Claim Your Social Media Accounts Pre-launch, claim your accounts in social media, and use them actively to generate interest like Android Photobooth did on Twitter. Step 4: Record a Demo
Welcome | T. Harv Eker 7 Powerful Public Speaking Tips From One of the Most-Watched TED Talks Speakers You’d never know it, but Simon Sinek is naturally shy and doesn’t like speaking to crowds. At parties, he says he hides alone in the corner or doesn’t even show up in the first place. He prefers the latter. Yet, with some 22 million video views under his belt, the optimistic ethnographer also happens to be the third most-watched TED Talks presenter of all time. Ironic for an introvert, isn’t it? Related: 6 Steps to Overcoming Stage Fright and Giving a Presentation Everybody Listens To We caught up with Sinek to pick his brain about how he learned to give such confident, captivating and meaningful presentations and how others can, too. Here are his top seven secrets for delivering speeches that inspire, inform and entertain. 1. Sinek says you should never talk as you walk out on stage. Instead, quietly walk out on stage. Related: Why Entrepreneurs Love Steve Jobs 2. “We are highly social animals," says Sinek. 3. Scanning and panning is your worst enemy, says Sinek. 4. 5. 6. 7.