Month: December 2015

Here are a few ways you can improve the overall productivity of your tech startup:

• Create a flexible office: People work outside of 9-to-5 these days, which means companies have to be more open to flexible schedules. We have technology that enables us to talk and work no matter where we happen to be. Encourage employees to break away from their desks and find inspiration and productivity to work, wherever that might be.
• Encourage communication: Many companies falter because there is not open communication between departments, with one set of employees focused on one task without consulting anybody outside of their bubble. In order to finish projects and jobs faster, everybody needs to be working in tandem. If not, there could be a situation where a project is done incorrectly because necessary information was not passed along.
• Give everyone a voice: For people to be invested and want to accomplish a goal on time, they have to feel as if their voice is actually being heard by those in management. Fostering a culture where people feel as if their ideas are valued and actually used in the company is essential for a startup to build an edge over the competition. Nobody wants to feel alienated or as if the work they are doing does not matter, and effective communication can erase those thoughts entirely.

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If you are about to launch a tech startup, there are many different things you will want to keep in mind. Here are a few tips that will help you successfully create a product:

• Build for every customer: One of the most important things you will need to keep in mind is your potential customer base. While you certainly want to be invested in your product, you are not constructing it just for you, but for those who will be paying for it. The product should satisfy a need the customer was not even aware they had.
• Make data-driven decisions: While you might assume something is going to work, you need to have the numbers to back you up. Be metrics-obsessed from day one, and launch your product with at least Google Analytics put into place. Test every possible angle of the product before it is released for mass consumption, or you could face problems.
• Work should be divided: Breaking up all of the work that needs to be done into smaller chunks will make the process feel a lot less overwhelming than it would otherwise. For a young startup with a small team, it is easy for the work to pile up, but dividing up the work equally will make it possible to estimate how much each person can handle in a timely manner.

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FileMaker WebDirect is the perfect alternative if you do not wish to install or maintain software locally. It makes it easy, for example, for teams that work in remote office locations to share and edit information on the same server. FileMaker WebDirect can be used to securely collect data, such as status updates, event registrations and feedback forms, from colleagues and associates that are all across the globe.

Users can access FileMaker WebDirect in a web browser that is shared through concurrent connections in FileMaker 14. With the latest version of this software available from FileMaker, there can be up to 100 concurrent connections at a single time, with each browser session counting as one connection. This will allow a number of colleagues to be sharing information and data at the same time, cutting down on any inefficiencies.

It is easy for users to get up and running with FileMaker WebDirect. First, a solution tuned for web browsing can be created through FileMaker Pro. Under the FileMaker Pro 14 file menu, enable FileMaker WebDirect access to a solution. Then, upload the created solution to FileMaker Server 14. After all of this has been completed, users can access the created solution by using a concurrent connection in any FileMaker Server.

There are all kinds of new features in FileMaker WebDirect, from increased mobile browser support to a redesigned toolbar to menu items that automatically collapse and expand.

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Starting a tech company will require a lot of work, but does not have to be too overwhelming, as long as the right guidelines are followed. Here are a few tips that will help you run your tech startup successfully for years:

• Focus on only one aspect: When you first launch your company, you do not want to spread your resources too thin. This will result in you doing many things of a lesser quality, instead of really mastering one area at a time. In order to prevent this, simply put all of your attention on what is most important and what will help the startup to grow over time.
• Have a viable business plan: Business live and die by how extensive the business plan guiding them is. Before you apply for financing or approach others to partner up with, you need to lay out exactly what the goals of the startup are and how they will be accomplished. This is especially true when it comes to financing, as you cannot go above your overall budget.
• Relationships are important: You will want to work with people you can absolutely trust. When startups are getting off of the ground, many people will be working towards the same goal, as those in charge cannot micromanage every aspect. This means partnering with and hiring those you can trust to get things done well without constantly having to be watched over.

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With the FileMaker 14 platform, it is easy for users to have total control over how their solutions look and run on mobile devices such as the iPad and iPhone. Here are a few ways running mobile data solutions is easier with FileMaker 14:

• Enabled touch keyboards: Users can add a script to control whether or not the keyboard appears in the solution while it is being worked on. This allows for people to tap into and scroll through an entire field without the keyboard getting in the way. Now users will have a cleaner space to work with in FileMaker, easing any past frustration.
• Set screen orientation: A script in FileMaker enables all users to create a script designed specifically to lock the orientation of the layout in order to build layouts for either portrait or landscape views. Depending on the size and shape of the screen, this gives people greater control over their entire FileMaker solution experience.
• Video and audio playback: This feature plays videos in a container field as well as a full screen. Users can also interact with their solution's layouts while the video is playing, allowing them to work on multiple projects at once. New scripts also automate the starting and stopping point of a video or audio recording, which is ideal for training scenarios when you only want to view certain chapters or sections at a single time.

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Marketing your tech startup is one of the keys to its long-term success. However, as your initial capital will likely be tied up in other areas of the business, many think it will be hard to launch an effective campaign with the money they have on hand. However, this does not have to be the case, as long as you make smart decisions.

Here are a few ways you can market your tech startup without breaking the bank:

• Add value through email marketing: Email marketing is not the same as simply spamming a person's inbox. In fact, when done strategically, email marketing can be incredibly effective at expanding a client or customer base. Create a well-planned schedule so people will know when to expect the emails and look forward to updates on the company.
• Build your strategic partnerships: It can be easy for startups to get lost in the crowd and go unnoticed, as hundreds of thousands are formed in the United States each year. But by reaching out to those well-known companies in the tech world, you can maximize the exposure of your startup and market it much more effectively.
• Engage with social media followers: Social media can be used for a lot more than advertising, as it can help your tech company reach people it might not have otherwise. Make an effort to share useful information through your company's social media accounts and engage with the customers who are responsive to what you are putting out.

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FileMaker 14 is a cross-platform solution that can be used to create, develop, manage and share information with different groups of people. Whether those people are using iPhones, iPads odesktop computers does not matter, as FileMaker 14 is able to run on any number of platforms. This is a solution that makes it simple for people to store and organize their business data.

As with any technological effort, there are regular upgrades to FileMaker made with the goal of an easier experience for users. The latest version, FileMaker 14, was released earlier in 2015. Here are some of the biggest improvements to the platform:

• Desktop-style web apps: FileMaker 14 has a complete redesign of FileMaker WebDirect, introducing built-in support for mobile tablets, allowing apps to run seamlessly. FileMaker's toolbar has also been changed so it will adapt automatically to the size of a user's browser, making the best use of the available screen real estate. 
• Faster run times: FileMaker 14 allows solutions to run up to 25 percent faster than past versions. The newest solution also has double the number of supported concurrent connections, from 50 to 100. Automatic reconnect also helps users quickly recover from a lost connection, not losing any bit of data to an unreliable network connection.
• Launch center: FileMaker 14 has replaced dialog boxes and pull-down menus with an app-like interface and large icons in the Launch Center. When a FileMaker solution is created, users can choose pre-built icons or create their own.

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