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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. And not just tolerated my fanboy love of YouTube but we grooved about technology, avatars, adolescence and all things Internet. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art.

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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. And not just tolerated my fanboy love of YouTube but we grooved about technology, avatars, adolescence and all things Internet. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren’t interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5% of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better. Note: Company headquarters is in Los Angeles with major R&D also happening in Northern Virginia.

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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

Offering a product or service that is lacking in your area is a great reason to start a business, Drew Phillips, owner of The Angry Beaver, a gay/straight hybrid bar in West Virginia, says. “Me, That was the case for Felena Hanson, who founded Hera Hub, a co-working space designed around female entrepreneurs, after she was laid off. “I

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Web Design/Tech Services. West Virginia. Computer And Internet. West Virginia. Internet Services. . - Pet Care & Grooming. Social Services. Storage & Warehousing. Travel Agencies. Business Services (B2B). Consumer Services (B2C). Domain Name/Basic Site.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. And so my basic idea is that, I think this is probably because of my background as a designer, I like to take a very systematic approach. If we’re making a consumer internet company, it should be good for people consuming it.

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12 Questions: Meet Maximilian (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

After my year as exchange student, one thing led to another – I came back for college (in West Virginia of all places), got married, got a job, moved around a couple times – you know, the usual things people do. How did you become interested in design? Which of your designs are your favorites and why? Indefinitely.