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An Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale

InfoChachkie

Under Bruce’s innovative guidance, the company was an early adopter of the Internet, creating online videos long before platforms such as YouTube became ubiquitous. Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months.

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How This Entrepreneur Went From Poverty To CEO Of A Dead Sexy Startup

InfoChachkie

There''s this thing called graphic design. After graduating from college, Don began his career at a small design firm. "So So I worked at a great design firm called, Agnew Moyer Smith and there''s two great guys there. If you want a job here you''re going to have to design websites.''. It''s commercial art.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

Tech Zulu Event

Its an event that provides a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business. Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! For those wondering what is the 140conf?

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Bootstrapping design thinking, Entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, education, MBA. . The Big Reveal.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

They ignore/disrespect the platform. You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers - Austin Startup , July 12, 2010 Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. What do you think?

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