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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. I worked in both before leaving to work in a software company at 17. Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

We have an experienced team in all areas and we have been part of building successful software businesses in the past. While we continue to deliver our stand-alone application, we have also identified new opportunities to offer our patented technology to sports software companies and live streaming technology companies.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

Up and Running

The contest was sponsored by Palo Alto Software , which provided free access to LivePlan , its cloud-based business planning software, to all of the Boost entrants. “ While I enjoyed and used the software thoroughly, the icing on the cake was that when I wanted to talk to a person I could. “LivePlan was a blessing!”

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

For example, I had one client who sells software to 12 schools, and they had a real problem with their messaging because they're an engineering company. They know what they do, they know how they speak it, they know how they live it, but the customer doesn't necessarily live and speak the same way the business owner does.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. Before you think I was a complete nerd, in addition to making money selling software, which I did at 15, 16 years old, I also made money throwing keg parties.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Once scanned, their software assists staff with routing the item into the proper bin — improving sorting accuracy and lowering the cost of processing. Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.