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    Rolling the Dice on Hotel Tonight

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    Hotel Tonight was going to save me over $230/nt!

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    Easing Tech Transfer, ‘Burgh Style

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    (Note: This post also appears on AlohaStartups.com under a less yinzer title…) In the many calls and conversations I’ve had with accelerator execs from across the country, many of those in “off-market” areas (i.e. not Silicon Valley) have frequently mentioned…

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    What Makes an Accelerator Work?

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    Note: Hawaii’s startup community has been discussing incubators and accelerators for quite a while, and there’s been a lot of recent traction towards having a few of these entities actually launch. In the dozens of conversations I’ve had related to…

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    Rethinking How We Work: HP’s Interview with Jason Fried

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    By focusing on the bigger issue (workplace effectiveness), Jason Fried has elevated the conversation to an intellectual level, well beyond just selling software.

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    Stickybits: Almost a Killer Marketing Tool

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    I’ve been playing around with Stickybits, a new app-based solution that connects a barcode scanning app for your phone with the ability to generate unique barcodes and attach “bits” (comments, URLs, etc.) that appear when the barcode is scanned. As…