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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

They actually didn’t say their name of their company, but they want to know if we need any design work… What do you think? People who love comic books and collect them, Dave Dorman is a household name. Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. Should we use them?…

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

Why not, at least, show me "Current Deals from San Jose" (my closest airport)? by creating a great experience, reassuring me with clear pricing, and they won't even have to pay a bounty to their aggregators! But by naming the price, your mind does not go instantly on guard, like it did with all the other folks.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Brian Armstrong : My name is Brian Armstrong. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. It's kind of like whoever discovered penicillin, you don't need to know their name. And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area. ER : So I want to go back.

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