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12 Questions: Meet Rommel Rojas (Venezuela)

crowdSPRING Blog

Rommel lives and works in Valencia, Venezuela. My name is Rommel Rojas, I live in Valencia, Venezuela. The internet explosion becomes the definite integration of art and technology for me and I was very interested in every aspect of web design and programing. Please tell us about yourself.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

It also has a considerable online presence on key social media platforms. He was responsible for the construction of 11 thermonuclear power plants throughout Venezuela that created 12,000 jobs. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company. Humble Beginnings.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

It also has a considerable online presence on key social media platforms. He was responsible for the construction of 11 thermonuclear power plants throughout Venezuela that created 12,000 jobs. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company. Humble Beginnings.

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What Protecting Democracy and Saving Net Neutrality Have in Common

Austin Startup

Beyond just the average internet user taking a hit from a net neutrality ban, so will small businesses. Take a look at this cartoon (courtesy of Media Alliance) that explains it well. As of now, the internet is the image on the left. With net neutrality repealed, the internet becomes the rightmost image.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. That’s it. That’s what we do. 5) Market Downturn.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users.

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Americans are Better Off Without TikTok But Banning It is Bad Policy

This is going to be BIG.

Sure, we’ve come to understand how harmful the effects of social media can be on Americans—from its effects on self-esteem to how it isolates and divides us—and I’ll be the first one to admit that my Chef Reactions time on TikTok would be better spent reading a book, talking with my wife, playing with my daughter, or calling a family member.

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