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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that. Desire for FanMix came from our experience building SocialEngine. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. We have some great mentors now.

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

InfoChachkie

Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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Stacksocial | Bringing Forth the Next Logical Step in Purchasing Software

Tech Zulu Event

Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more. In addition to all of that, Stacksocial helps people discover their inner geek by offerings educational courses too. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

InfoChachkie

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

InfoChachkie

Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. I know all of this from first hand experience. university in math or science — instead of subsidizing their educations and then sending them home&#. Crazy, huh?