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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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How We're Hiring at Receeve

Babbling VC

I couldn't care less whether you're in the office or working from Tanzania. So many tasks in software startups require that people are together, cranking things out, at times day and night. At the same time, we want to be able to trust our teams blindly and let them learn by making mistakes if necessary. . Is the workload light?

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: TripBucket

crowdSPRING Blog

While living my personal Dream to Summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania we took the website live, literally as I was hiking up the mountain. We plan to expand this business in the travel, sports, medical and advertising markets. What’s the craziest story you have from starting your own business?