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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. Even if an established leader in your industry does not see the wisdom in your ideas, do not waiver.

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

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During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. Now my company is 28-employees, we closed a round of three million dollars in May (2012). • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. While Facebook was built on the idea that all our information was private and shared only between friend (before they changed this after the fact), Twitter was born under the idea that most of the information shared there was open and viewable by anybody.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. October 20, 2012 1:57 PM. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: Windows 8 is ‘the end of Windows’ October 19, 2012 11:44 AM.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Idea Mensch. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities.