Between developing a business plan, formulating a budget, creating a brand and ordering the first round of promotional items, it is easy for entrepreneurs and start-up enterprises to overlook the legal implications of starting a new business. While perhaps perceived by many as something between a luxury and a necessary evil, undertaking the appropriate steps [...]
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What is the one thing every young entrepreneur is looking for? Money! How to make it, how to save it, how to use it etc…Of course while bootstrapping a business every entrepreneur is looking for ways to keep what little money they do have but build an empire at the same time. Coworking is a [...]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that three law students and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) are suing four law schools in California claiming that the online application system is not accessible to students who are blind (Blind Students Sue Law Schools Over Online Applications). Specifically, the online application lives at the web [...]
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At long last the pictures from the 2010 BETA Awards are online. It was a great event with over 450 attendees honoring the best and brightest in WNY’s IT Community. Check them out
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Defined as ‘the structural design of shared information environments’, information architecture focuses on bringing the principles of architectural design to the online world. Just like the blueprints of a dream home or the outline of a well-written article, good website structure organizes information in a way that enhances the user experience and delivers pertinent information [...]
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I don’t usually post events on the blog but this one I had to get out there. infoTech Niagara has a top notch panel discussion next week on SaaS – Lessons Learned and Lessons to be Learned. Our panelists include: Joel Cristall, Vice President of Strategic Technology Solutions – The Travel Team (A division of [...]
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Whenever a product establishes itself as the dominant force in its particular market, people will be on the lookout for the next product or organization to push it off the top of the heap. It’s the classic David versus Goliath story — even if the Goliath is a product everyone likes. In the technology industry, [...]
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One great option for up and coming businesses are the various startup incubators out there. Incubators usually will provide space, mentorship and services to help an entrepreneurs business launch. Many of them also play a large role in assisting a business with getting funding. Incubators are responsible for assisting in the start of thousands of [...]
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I was out of the country when Steve Jobs posted his open letter on Flash to the Apple web site. Had I been around I would have dissected it. Today Adobe published its own open letter(s) about how great Flash is, why open markets are good, and even an ad campaign promoting choice. This passive-aggressive [...]
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