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How Gigmor Is Looking To Connect Musicians With Gigs, with David Baird

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(chuckles) I've been in a large organization like AOL, with really large groups of engineers, and I think the biggest lesson I've learned, as with many entrepreneurs with an idea, you tend to try to use contractors and offshore services. It took me awhile, to realize how many advantages there were to having a local team.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

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Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. What's the story behind Ranker?

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

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For me one of the tell tale signs of a real entrepreneur is that they know how to network well enough to find technical talent to join them. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. I have another exception.