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Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

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Unlike Yelp and listings sites that are focused on user-generated reviews or things like that, we're really a portfolio sharing site, and a tool of professionals. That is all gearing up for a Series A funding, which will happen in the summer of 2018. Don't be enamored with vanity metrics like for us, growth of photos.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. A tool to better help you find bars & restaurants? We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses.

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