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Twitter Cards: How they can help SMEs & start-ups, & how to set them up

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Twitter's new Cards feature allows small businesses and start-ups reach large audiences with just a few extra lines of code.

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Five things you didn’t know you could do with Firefox & Chrome

Piers Dillon Scott10 years ago

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Firefox and Chrome are more powerful browsers than we usually appreciate - here's how to use them to make your life easier.

Forget HTML for Dummies, start with the basics first

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New ‘HTML for Babies’ book is child’s play

Darren McCarra11 years ago

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Ever heard the expression that web design is child's play? Now it really is as Code Babies introduce the first book in a three-volume set titled 'HTML for Babies'. The book is designed as a light-hearted way to introduce geeky toddlers to the underlying language of the web.

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HTML5, a threat to privacy

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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The governing body of the web, World Wide Web Consortium, is to hold a special two day conference to discuss issues of privacy and security with the development of HTML5.

Brains Byte Back

Brains Byte Back interviews startups and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. We explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity. If you’re interested in ideas that push the needle, and future-proofing yourself for the new information age, join us every other Friday for new episodes. Brains Byte Back guests include founders, CEOs, and other influential individuals making a big difference in society, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.

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One week before the pandemic hit, unaware of what was about to take place worldwide, Taylor Hersom quit his job as a Chief Information Security Officer for a local firm in Austin, Texas in the hopes of finding a similar position elsewhere.

Between working at Deloitte where he advised Fortune 500 companies on compliance and security tactics, and his more recent position at the local firm, Hersom didn’t anticipate finding a new job to be a difficult feat.

However, as the pandemic set in, his interview offers dried up, and he turned to UpWork in pursuit of a job. In the beginning, he applied for as many posts as he could find in order to build up his review score.

He began taking on clients and quickly realized that startups needed a lot of help with security and compliance, and he knew this could become a genuine business for him. But what he didn’t realize was just how in demand his services would be.

As time went on, Hersom moved away from UpWork and took on staff to build a team in order to meet demand. Shortly after this, on January 1, 2021, his new company Eden Data was born.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, Hersom, CEO and Founder of Eden Data, shares how the team has grown in such a short period of time by taking a positive approach to security instead of the traditional fear-based approach.

In other words, instead of securing customers using fears tactics such as telling prospects if they get hacked they will be fined, receive bad PR, or be hated, Hersom advocates that strong security can show prospects that you care about them and their data, which can successfully close more deals.

Hersom also shares how their subscription approach to security and compliance has helped them stand out in this market, allowing them to scale alongside the startups they work with.