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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

Zhitao runs Hangzhou Liaison Interactive, which is a Chinese technology-based company founded in July 2002. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Collison co-founded Auctomatic in 2007 when he was a teenager.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 3) Facebook. 6) Pinterest.

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In Boris is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and has been since 2002, after his own company, JustBooks, was acquired by AbeBooks. The founder drives the culture. Boris Wertz.

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Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet Some of Austin’s Female Founders

Austin Startup

Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and immigrated to Austin, Texas, in 2002 at the age of 15. Maria’s dad started Donn’s Bar-B-Que 35 years ago and Maria now co-operates the business alongside her parents.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. That “survival mode” meant “that they later must spend far more than they saved in order to recover from their prolonged absence from the media landscape.”. “If What the big studies have shown. companies covering the period 1982–99, which included a recession during 1990–91.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

I started my career in enterprise software in the 1980s and after some years working in other areas (outsourcing and online media) I am back in the enterprise software game. But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. My personal experience echoes that.

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