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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. My partner Ross Kimbarovsky and I wanted to help people from around the world access creative talent and help creative from around the world find new talent.

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

era emerged circa 2004, it really did feel like we’d discovered some kind of utopia. New industries never ask if it’s ok to sell a new raw material, they just take it and commercialise the demand for it. The reason is simple: network effects. But when the web 2.0 Bust our own myths. Even if you wanted to.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

If not, getting a lot of users who are not willing to pay and still expect free support as well, is very demanding and may affect the service you’re able to provide to your *real* users (who are paying). Finaly, a correction: 37signals launched their first product (Basecamp) in 2004, before they had a huge following. The Rails 1.0