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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International. What if there was somewhere you could go where you can be surrounded by founders just like you? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Here are the top 10: 1.

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The Very First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in is You

Both Sides of the Table

This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. Back then there was no “cloud” so we had to plow money into hardware, software licenses and web hosting. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees.

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The Making of DigitalMarketer With Founder Ryan Deiss

Duct Tape Marketing

The Making of DigitalMarketer With Founder Ryan Deiss written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Ryan is also the founder and host of the Traffic & Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conversion conference in North America. Marketing Podcast with Ryan Deiss.

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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. Anyone remember the web hosting rollup? In fact, I know a few companies that put computer science grads through these types of programs as an on boarding process. I’m a big fan of coding schools. Do you remember US Web, iXL, Scient, and Viant?

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

Alan was a gracious host and a “detail merchant” whose focus on the quality really showed. I also got the chance to hear from and meet the founder of About.com – Scott Kurnit – who gave a lively talk that challenged much startup conventional wisdom. I agree. And market your brand, not your personality.

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Episode 106: Implementing Profit First With Frank DeBenedetto and Ralph M. Rivera

Mike Michalowicz

As founder and CTO of several businesses, I love to see ideas become reality and build sustainable businesses that create real value. Presently, I’m focused on two businesses that I am co-founder and CTO of. In 1999 my wife Carol Lynn and I founded Rahvalor Interactive, a creative marketing services company. Ralph Rivera.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95 Teams of male and female founders and the implication for team composition. Obviously, startup teams aren’t always comprised of all men or all women; teams of mixed gender founders exist, and some of them get funding. 33 billion in venture funding.