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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Corporate Partners. Show Summary.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. with my colleague Ben Horowitz.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Thanks to Janet Bannister, Managing Partner, Real Ventures , and Erika Cramer , Co-Managing Member, How Women Invest, for thoughtful comments. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

techcrunch.com

At the same time, Goodman says he wants Bright to go broader than its own website, possibly by partnering with other hiring products like Taleo and Jobvite. Lead ASP.NET MVC Web Developer confidential Mobile App Developer WCNC-TV UI Engineers Meetup Product Designers Meetup Software Engineer Mobile Dev Yelp Inc. Crunchboard.

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