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These High School Dropouts Crushed It With Some Simple Growth Hacks

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Entrepreneurs have been seeking clever shortcuts to spur their growth and circumvent their competitors since the dawn of commerce. ii) Be a contrarian, when everyone is zigging, zag. “Growth hacking” is one of today’s most overused terms, yet despite its trendiness, it predates the Internet by centuries. Question conventional wisdom.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. We're also looking at technology in the retail sector, or which touch the retail supply chain--things like out of home advertising, software to optimize the retail supply chain, and other related areas because we know the retail sector so well. Why do I say that?