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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: SignNow.com

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I like doing anything and everything I can over the internet. Some might say this is because I am a college-aged millennial whose social skills have been stunted by technology, but I think it has more to do with the ease, convenience and immediacy the internet provides. The internet will prevail. Internet’s got your back.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

They co-founded it with former U.S. Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. 14:06) Jen gives a New Jersey local government example of how the USDR works and how the organization is working at "The speed of need." (16:54) There was a guy in New Jersey government named Ross Dakin.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Mike Falahee, Marygrove Awnings Co. ! #7- That's one of my motivations in pursuing my family real estate business in New Jersey. Our founders were tired of being lied to and ripped off by overpriced, green-washed brands filled with unnecessary chemicals. 16- To filter negative internet content.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. Sign up for our news alerts, special offers & feature updates: Your Email Address. FOLIO: Alert News Updates. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Internet/Online Only. Internet/Digital Media. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.