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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

We have the machine learning technology to take these disparate, small pieces of molecules, and stitch them together to form an actual anti-COVID drug." Eric Ries : That's a remarkable use of social media. Eric Ries : Then somehow you made the transition from the scientist in a lab to the founder of a technology start up.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

Now more than 1 billion people use this social media platform every day. It wasn't until Amazon invented walk-out technology that he was open to expanding. The entire world was in need of this technology. She persevered and disrupted the beauty and skincare industry with her business acumen and diligence.

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

Hearpreneur

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. My company is a mash up of 3 of my deepest passions: health, technology and entrepreneurship. Hi, I’m Todd.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Innovation drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. But AMD has been steadily coming up on Intel by offering more and more innovations on the technological front. Innovative if a word often used to describe successful companies. 18- Nintendo.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 6- Lord Alan Sugar.

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4 Tips To Build A Deep Virtual Bench Of Talent

YoungUpstarts

days in 2001-2003. Leverage Cutting-Edge Technology. Instead of visiting colleges, collecting resumes and arranging interviews, the consumer good giant made the jobs known via social media and then partnered with an A.I. Recruiters’ time spent reviewing applications decreased by 75%.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. My interests were in technology, and my dreams were in California.