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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country?

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. Subsidize their education and then send them home.

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How to Avoid a Common Product Mistake Many Teams Make

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From the experience in my earliest days of designing products for Windows and OS2 machines in the early 1990′s I developed a product philosophy, “Design for the novice, configure for the pro.” We built our product at Koral in 2005 with this design philosophy in mind. I learned the hard way.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

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Chegg CEO Nathan Schultz emphasized the companys dedication to modernizing education and fostering student-led innovation. The iSTEM program is a shining example of how innovation in education can empower students to turn bold ideas into reality. Marshall Anthony Jr.,

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Social network app developer and ad network.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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I use to to learn, to grow, to ask questions for which I’m curious and to further develop relationships that I have. Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. Not a chance. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

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We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. It is because when you share too much of this information with staff you develop an “options culture” the I find unhealthy. As a startup CEO you’ll have to develop your own comfort level with what to share and with whom. Call me when you’re ready to leave.”

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