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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

InfoChachkie

The primary stipulation is that each Thiel Fellow must drop out of college, for at least two years, and pursue their “entrepreneurial ventures, research and self-education.”. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Saying, ''Hey, we want to pay you to write a book.’

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Startup Spotlight: Final Exams, Santa Chatbot and Clean Up Your Email

Tech.Co

Customers can choose among its many templates to quickly add a chatbot to any Facebook page and then use its different reply types to create lead generating bots, list of articles taken from RSS feeds, Mailchimp and Zapier integrations, carousel of images and full-fledged ecommerce or food ordering solutions within the Messenger interface.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. We have never done a press release. Share and Enjoy.

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Ask the Career Expert: “Why Do I Need a Mentor?”

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The folks at Campus Explorer believe everyone deserves a fulfilling education, no matter the name or place. Their philosophy is that anyone shopping for college or continuing education can find the perfect fit, if they have access to the proper tools. You can also mail a letter … yes, in the mail. Share and Enjoy.

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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

Tech Zulu Event

At 14, he became a co-editor for the spec responsible for RSS technology. Swartz knew that creating useful programs to better educate people would not suffice if there were laws preventing us to freely access information. At 12, Swartz created an online encyclopedia that anyone could edit.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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