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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

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Members can also enhance their expert status by writing informative articles and position themselves as a contact person for other professionals to get information from. The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media. (Who

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” ” So I’ve had to encourage an entire cohort of startups that I’ve met not to ignore the power of the web. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. They do both well.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. Note: Rincon Venture Partners is an investor in Launchpad LA, but otherwise has no affiliation with Divshot.).

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Although larger VC firms routinely invest in competitive offerings, it is less prudent for a small firm to do so, as it can be difficult to avoid inadvertent information transfers within an intimate partnership.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. Any competition in LA? Our competitive edge includes our high quality team of expert teachers with robust media backgrounds and specific areas of expertise.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

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As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook. So many people criticised this move, calling it “tyranny and unjust” Are you top in Africa as a social network or do you have competition? LAGbook is based in Lagos-Nigeria, with operations in Yaba and Festac Town. We’re a team of 5.

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. Thirteen months after raising more than $10 billion in the public markets the board forced Mason out after another dismal financial quarter.