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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. I had written about Mike before but hadn’t disclosed his name.

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[Review] Hatching Twitter

YoungUpstarts

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. So it was from ’91 to ’94 that I programmed. Where do you start?

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. I didnt include much on the blog at first, because I want you to judge what I write based on what I say, rather than who I am. Eric, love the blog.

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The Biggest Business Fails of 2014 and How to Avoid Them

Up and Running

“I doubt that you consulted the Navajo Nation about using their tribal name on sophisticated items such as the ‘Navajo Hipster Panty,''” wrote Navajo Nation member Sasha Houston Brown. The post The Biggest Business Fails of 2014 and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Bplans Blog. Got anything that can top these?

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Entrepreneurs on Twitter

Altgate

  It is also a lot easier to Twitter than to blog. .    It is also a lot easier to Twitter than to blog.  You can copy these screen names and paste them into NinjaFollow, press submit and voila!  You can copy these screen names and paste them into NinjaFollow, press submit and voila!

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I think bootstrapping might be impossible for non-programmers

The Startup Toolkit

However, it will take far more than a couple month’s worth of time to find a technical cofounder if you don’t already know people. Buy a domain name and a hosting service and put your portfolio up at a real address, using git. Learn enough python and Google Appengine to build your own simple blogging system.