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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liz Elting In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Elting, the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. I mean, there was no technology. Let's get started. (00:29):

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa. The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. But when I read thoughtful pieces on the future of technology I start to imagine where our lives will be in 10 years. Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992.

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Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The embedded presentation above is filled with valuable data on the state of the Internet and trends in technology around the world. 5 Mistakes Every Startup Founder SHOULD Make – crowdspring.co/1pNJ2R1. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992–2013 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nJ2Ms0. 1nJ1vkG.

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[INTERVIEW] Peter Tassiopoulos, President Of Sphere 3D Inc.

YoungUpstarts

Peter Tassiopoulos has focused on finance, technology and startups since 1992. As CEO and a founder of Igeacare Systems, which manufacturers a family of nurse call and software solutions, under his tenure, the company grew from four to 120 employees and reached sales of over $20 million.

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Does America Care Anymore? How We Can Change The Answer To “Yes”.

YoungUpstarts

Exhibit B: Impersonal automated call technology increases the time we must wait to talk to a human (not to mention our frustration!). Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants his maturing company to start focusing on “loving the people we serve.” Here are 11 strategies to help create a caring culture in your organization: 1.

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Hubris Versus Humility: The $15 billion Difference

Steve Blank

By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years, had 16 employees, sales of about $500,000 a year, and three or four business lines. That year the two founders decided to get serious about being a company, and hired a CEO. RIM and TiVo are two examples of getting it right and wrong. Research in Motion (RIM).