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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. Ryan was not only a senior engineer at Salesforce.com (he ran mobile and also ran content management) but was also my cofounder at Koral and lead architect at BuildOnline. Danny and Ynon in a way will switch roles.

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The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders | TechCrunch

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The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. The problem with non-technical founders is that they don’t know what they don’t know, until they’re in way too deep. guest author. Not convinced?

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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Search for: July 3rd, 2012. Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. 3 Responses to “Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors” Darrin says: July 8, 2012 at 11:59 am. Nick Wade says: July 10, 2012 at 11:25 pm.

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Twitter Link Roundup #157 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link]. How Facebook’s Top Engineer Is Trying to Read Your Mind | Wired – [link]. Weak … Why Small Agencies Crush Big Agencies | Advertising Age – [link].

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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For example, it still heavily relies on print advertising (bridal magazines) and brides were limited to only shopping in brick and mortar stores to find their wedding attire. I would love logging in to Second Life to sell marketing and advertising to businesses trying to make it in a virtual setting. Image Credit: Brittany Haas.