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How to Make Better Reference Calls

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Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. Don’t worry about the fact that these are the references that the candidate has hand-picked – that’s part of the process. Ask for at least 5 references.

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Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie

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Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. If you seen the entrepreneurs that disrupt big categories, they came at it from a very different approach, which is not iterative, but is transformative. What is Postie?

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Infiltrating Big Dumb Companies: In Through The Out Door

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Entrepreneurs constantly have to capture the attention of larger companies. These people are employed to keep entrepreneurs out, maintain order and reduce disruptions. These people are employed to keep entrepreneurs out, maintain order and reduce disruptions. I do not endorse all of the following techniques.

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