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Google For Icons | IconFinder Providing The Best for Developers and Designers

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Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. Back in 2004-2005 I was working as a full-time web designer, where we used KDE (Linux). In 2009 I launched version 2 and asked the talented designers at TurboMilk to do a logo.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

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We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.