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Remember The Phone Company? It’s Back And It’s Called Facebook

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Unfortunately, many of these professionals are doing so with a desktop mindset more akin to 2004 than 2014. For instance, consumers can effortlessly click on a desktop Facebook ad, surf a site to learn more and then execute a purchase or fill out a lead form, via their large screen, mouse and full-sized keyboard.

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

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We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. It made me realize that we’ve never properly introduced our associates: Graham Gelwicks. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang.

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

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Deal screening. Our theme for 2014 is “teach a firm to fish” where we build more scalable support for portfolio companies. Most firms have “associates” and “partners” and some have an additional role called a “principal.” ” Associates have different functions at different VCs.

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Girls In Tech Showcases Women Founders In SF Pitch Competition

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Kristina Tsvetanova says she found the motivation for her startup Blitab in 2014, when a blind colleague’s struggle to communicate via the Internet made her conscious of the barriers facing visually impaired people in a digital world. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Interview with Helen Lee, JOANY

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Helen Lee: Christina and I started the company back in 2014. We launched in December of 2014. The, one day at a dinner party, a producer friend of ours, who had insurance through the screen actors guild (SAG) asked�if you do health insurance, help me. How did you start the company?

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How Laudville Is Bringing Your Entertainment Life Together

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When we first alpha tested this, we just had watchable entertainment, movies and TV, many of them popping up in second screen apps. Phoebe Scott: The really big thing we''d like to get going in 2014 is mobile. Is it a challenge to cover so much? Phoebe Scott: It is. What''s the next big thing for you?

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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We have a rigorous screening process, and we only fund the very best programs that are able to quantify their impact. JG: Tell us a bit about Project Impact and 2014''s focus on innovation. A Better Chicago helps the most promising programs to scale up to really make a difference. We differentiate ourselves in four ways.