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

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Rapidly and repeatedly hiring star employees is a competitive advantage. The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. No matter how rapidly a startup is growing, it can never afford to sacrifice employee quality as a means of achieving its hiring goals.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. Although social media news sites can be effective market validation tools, they are not without their downsides. to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. Hacker Downside.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. 1 2 3 next › last » February 2010 login or register to post comments Print Email Newsletters Browse current issue › Subscribe to Fast Company › Digg StumbleUpon Facebook Buzz Up!

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. Social media is ephemeral. Hell, I often can’t even get to email during the day.

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