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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. The program itself is incredibly daunting initially, but it was really valuable for us, especially as an educational experience. We have some great mentors now. Working for someone else is not fun.

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How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love

socalTECH

We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. Since then, I have worked extensively with mentoring youth, and helping them figure out what's possible in terms of careers.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time. RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry. There is no right answer many times, just gut instincts and educated guesses.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors? It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. It’s simple.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Short-sighted, no?

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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