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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Before opening up my full service digital marketing agency, Katie Wagner Social Media, I was a TV news reporter and anchor. We find talking points that others may miss, and offer a unique social media angle for our clients. Thanks to Katie Wagner, Katie Wagner Social Media ! #9 Image Credit: Katie Wagner.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

For example, if you were paying close attention to the rise of YouTube in the mid-2000s, you would have understood it wasn’t just going to create new jobs for software engineers – but also a much larger number of new jobs in video production, advertising, entertainment, education, and more. Social Media Manager.