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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

Along with a team of nine developers, the six young adult authors spent two months working nights and weekends to bring Realms of Ruin to life. They said that the authors, who also worked with a team of developers, ended the project because they felt that there was more to lose than there was to gain. a fan asked.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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LegalZoom Founder Brian Liu Talks About His New Legal Startup, BizCounsel

socalTECH

You only call them typically when you need some particular thing done, like a big contract, or some major corporate transaction. I was at LegalZoom until last year, and I was the CEO of the company for its first seven years, from 2000 to 2007. That's when you have to find a lawyer. They then require a big, upfront retainer.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). Hashable is saving very important information for its users and creating a multipurpose address book of the people its users interact with.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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