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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Seth is one of those truly descent human beings that you meet occasionally in this industry whose earnestness on camera is matched by his behavior off camera. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Kevin Hale, Founder, Wufoo, and Partner, Y Combinator. The side benefit of this was that when engineers got tired of answering customer service calls on a particular tech issue, they would fix the tech issue. Justin Kan, Founder, Twitch, and Partner, Y Combinator. Alfred Lin, Former COO, Zappos, and Partner, Sequoia Capital.

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

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. How the design and structure of the website played a role in usability as well as search engine rankings, working with the outreach team to create great content that would help build valuable links, making sure emails matched the style of the optimized landing pages, and so much more.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

If you’re a business major – go check out the Engineering Society’s monthly meeting. One’s a PM and the other’s an engineer. In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully.