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How Pinterest, Tumblr, HootSuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable Rapidly And Repeatedly Hire Great People

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Although this is a core competency that must be honed over time, there is a cadre of SaaS hiring tools that the world’s leading tech companies deploy to their advantage. The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Right Candidates For The Right Jobs .

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Appallicious & the Age of Open Data

Tech Zulu Event

Apple’s App Store launched in 2008 and is already closing in on 50 billion downloads. The Appallicious platform is an invaluable tool helping San Franciscans find and navigate through city parks, playgrounds and museums. As fast as life moves, technology moves even faster. It only took Facebook eight years to land a billion users.

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Chrome River: Building An Enterprise Software Leader In LA, with Dave Terry

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We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. There are man other systems, such as Expensely, ExpenseWire, ExpenseWatch, Expenser, and on and on, but they've all been lower end tools. Those vendors were challenged to meet the needs of large enterprises.

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Pausing To Reflect: Veteran’s Day | Interview with Veteran and Tech Enthusiast Dustan Batton

Tech Zulu Event

MM: What tools did you use to stay in touch? DB: My service was up in August of 2008, and I moved back to the U.S. Not to mention this was August of 2008, about a month before the economic collapse. I also joined the staff of CALinnovates in 2012. But I also learned how to communicate much better with my family.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

Tech Zulu Event

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

But as I pointed out on the show, look deeper at the impact of social media as a tool to organize crowds, hold public debates and spread information in a decentralized way. By now most people acknowledge that social media helped play a role in candidate Obama’s 2008 election campaign. I understand this sentiment at the surface.

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

InfoChachkie

in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. Now my company is 28-employees, we closed a round of three million dollars in May (2012). In the beginning, the mistakes can feel catastrophic, but being able to look back and reflect is really a useful tool.