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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. At the time, RIM was the dominant smartphone company and Livingston settled into a “process-heavy” job within the company, where he worked tirelessly all hours. “By Over the 4.5 What’s the secret?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. I’m in Seattle this week.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. How-to get that guy as your mentor - Gabriel Weinberg , September 20, 2010 Forming a couple of good mentor relationships can help bridge the gap between startup failure and success, especially for first-time entrepreneurs.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. Our challenge is in the customer retention, and we're in the process of doing segment pivot to validate our hypothesis that the other market segment has longer retention. A pivot is a classic strategy maneuver for entrepreneurs, chess players, and ballerinas alike!

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

I know that one of my colleagues on the line is going to post the link to a great article about how to write a good one-page business plan. I actually use LivePlan and I mentor entrepreneurs all over the world. I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

But before that, actually, there was this a couple of years break where, when Udemy did not work in Turkey, I met this Silicon Valley entrepreneur who wanted to build online, like speed dating, a video-based speed dating application. ER : Do you know how big of a fraction of the California vaccine rollout you guys have been?