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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

One of the recurring themes in the people that I've spoken to in the last few weeks is a society wide sudden realization about the importance of science as the engine of progress, And the importance of having science driven policy, as if somehow we didn't know that before, but somehow we didn't. Let me ask you about your background.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars. For example, Twelve has partnered with Daimler and can recreate ingredients needed to make car parts. Thanks to Sara Graves, USTitleLoans ! #8- 14- YouTube.

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4 Tips To Build A Deep Virtual Bench Of Talent

YoungUpstarts

days in 2001-2003. Instead of visiting colleges, collecting resumes and arranging interviews, the consumer good giant made the jobs known via social media and then partnered with an A.I. Glassdoor reports that since 2009, interview processes have grown from 3.3 days on average in 2016 which is an increase from 19.3

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

In general, at the time, you had to be an engineer to even think about creating a website. In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites.

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Navigating the Challenges of Scaling

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a self-taught software engineer and technologist. Founded in 2003, ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with the must have platform for intelligent marketing automation. Partner feedback is so important. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Jason Vandeboom. He is the founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign.

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3 Simple Ways to Empower Your Customers to Sell For You :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi. .