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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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We want to have startups we can get productive or generating revenue pretty quickly. I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. It's all about leverage. I know all of that.