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Interview with Aigerim Duiseneyeva and Shana Zheng, TripTrotting

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One of our advisors is Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist at eHarmony. We met at USC, and we had traveled a lot with study abroad programs. We verify email addresses, college and work email addresses, and required a referral from someone in the community. What's the story on how the company came about?

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

Both Sides of the Table

I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. Yet in LA we have hugely successful entrepreneurs who have built big companies like Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, TicketMaster.com, LowerMyBills, Commission Junction, eHarmony and on and on. I hear it all the time.

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Beansprout, Where Single Businesses Find Love

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We hope to end the need for cold calls and cold emails by making information about what partnership opportunities a company is really looking for readily available.”. Creating a profile is a cinch with company name, email, and password required. https://www.bnsprt.com/. Personally, we feel this is a fantastic idea.