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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

When the shelter in place orders began, Alpha found himself living in a tiny Airbnb with his other co-founders, Having just arrived from the UK to do the start up program, YCombinator. This recipe generating process has always been a very determining status, a stumbling block in drug design. Alpha Lee : Right. Alpha Lee : Yes, yes.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

1st phase (late 90s, early 00s): New Web programming languages and frameworks. Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites. WordPress was typically used by Web designers who learned to code or by self-taught developers.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

One of fashion's most pressing issues is inclusivity and diversity when it comes to the body type designers, and retailers cater to. Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum, a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of fraud or third-party interference.

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Health Tech Entrepreneur Builds a Business Focusing on Improving The Lives of Tens of Thousands

Hearpreneur

incentaHEALTH was formed in 2003 around the idea of rewarding people for healthy behaviors. The second goal for incentaHEALTH was to develop a comprehensive behavior change program to help people engage in healthy eating and active living. Tell us about your business. Aligning incentives with good health is one step in that direction.

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What is Marketing Strategy and How Do I Get One 5 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! To develop your marketing strategy, think about the marketing efforts it would take to get more customers to renew.

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Monitoring Relationship Status :: Small Business Marketing Blog.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Just so we’re clear, I don’t receive anything for promoting this tool, I just think it’s the right one for this use.)