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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. I'm working with a PR/Communications gurus who is trying to focus me on a name, that when you hear it, it tells people what it is you are doing. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co.

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23) He was an immigrant from Romania, a software engineer, came to the Bay Area, did Y Combinator, started a company, sold it, made connections, and became part of this ecosystem. 27:06) Helpwithcovid's DNA. (27:55)

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Navigating the cumbersome processes associated with my father’s tragic cancer diagnosis and treatments, I drew on my deep experience in design, user research, software engineering and data analysis and turned my entrepreneurial attention to healthcare. Thanks to Mikko Honkanen, Vainu ! #17- 17- To help start-ups.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Programmers, and certainly not the visionary founders, are the most qualified for that task. #6