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Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize

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Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. It's built on a gaming platform, and is a way for users to create their own content and portions of that world. What's the idea behind Worlize? How did the firm come about? What's your background?

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Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires

Tech.Co

And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. So with no real barometer for reliable talent and a fast-evaporating social network, where should early founders snag that elusive star talent. Because smart people know other smart people.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Collecta is a real-time search engine bringing content to you as its posted. . Bambi Francisco.