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Toronto’s John Fielding Lends Guidance on Mentorship, Strategic Leadership

Hearpreneur

Today, John Fielding is the founder of Array Marketing, formerly known as IDMD, a global retail merchandising service with clients that include Ulta, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Sephora, and more. is a fraud solutions and e-commerce provider founded in 2005; the company was acquired by Mastercard International in 2019.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials: Introduction

Austin Startup

The delivery model was superior to our competitors and eventually we disrupted them and became one of the global market leaders. Brant Barton, my co-founder, and I had left Coremetrics to start it together. “You this was 2005. And that power is global?—?Bazaarvoice The journey for Bazaarvoice was similar?—?it

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #8: Bootstrap or VC?

Austin Startup

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. starting the global social commerce movement and changing the face of commerce forever. Still in business today and run by my co-founder.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. We have a long way to go baby! Congrats! . Thanks Lee.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

It’s a dating website that is free for users and makes money from advertising. But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. Advertising. He basically outsources everything. Start a blog.

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Will Meta’s Metaverse efforts survive the latest setbacks?

VC Cafe

Nick Clegg, Meta’s President of Global Affairs. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. As a founder told me this week: winter is the best time to build and Meta still has a lot of cash and is determined to be a major player in this space in the coming years. The potential for the Metaverse remains huge.

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