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CapLinked Raise $1.6m Series A Round & Appoint Adam Sroka As VP Technology

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25 Years of Writing Code. Adam Sroka, an agile software innovator, is a self-taught programmer with 25 years of writing code and previously combined his coding skills with his knowledge of agile and lean management techniques as a coach and technical trainer. and Schlumberger. Make it Simple to Manage Business Or Close Deals.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!, And of course we had, TheMan.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity

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Having been through the experience as an entrepreneur twice myself I have developed a list of what I think it takes. This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, Excite, Ask Jeeves and Lycos?

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myfab5 Wanst to Reinvent The Way You Find Food | Interview With Co-Founder Calvin Schemanski

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On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. When talking to review site users, we found the top two reasons people don’t write reviews is because it takes too long and it is confusing. Don’t like a restaurant? Who are the founders?

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). I argued ages ago that Yahoo! Imagine if Carol Bartz or the Yahoo! Frankly, I’m surprised Netflix doesn’t buy Hulu.

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story.

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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. I didn't really set out to write a book. Amos Schwartzfarb: Very often.

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