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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

socalTECH

In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. Jimmy Hendricks: We launched in April of 2010, and within 90 days we realized that it was much, much bigger than our contest software. By working with us, we give them the training to execute better.

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5 Reasons Why Businesses Still Love Microsoft

Tech Zulu Event

Every second, a copy of MS Office 2010 is sold, and a large number of those go towards corporate use. Kinect for Xbox 360, released in November of 2010, sold 8 million units in the first 60 days of its release. 5. Microsoft donated over $504 million worth of software to 43,650 organizations worldwide in 2010.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. I used an analogy I heard from Michael Dougherty (founder of Jelli) recounting what First Round Capital told him, “sometimes you’re on the local train and sometimes you’re on the express train. That’s awesome.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

InfoChachkie

3) Imagine it is 2010 and Lynda is a 20-year old, digital native who wants to start a company. I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

InfoChachkie

3) Imagine it is 2010 and Lynda is a 20-year old, digital native who wants to start a company. I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.

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How I Promise You One of the Most Meaningful Days of Your Life

Both Sides of the Table

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. I will write about that as soon as Caroline is ready.

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