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Reid Hoffman on best strategies, valuable lessons, the PayPal mafia & creating early social networks

StartupsWest Editor April 9, 2015

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Originally Published on Nov 14, 2014 via This week in startups Today on TWIST: Reid Hoffman! In this riveting 90 minutes, Jason sits down at LinkedIn with its legendary founder, entrepreneur, product strategist, investor, and author. Get ready to take notes — and watch & listen at least twice — as Reid shares a treasure […]

50 startup founders discuss the origins of their ideas.

StartupsWest Editor March 24, 2015

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Here are the startup founders/companies used in the video: 1) Brian Chesky – Airbnb 0:07 2) Ben Silbermann – Pinterest 0:32 3) Kevin Systrom – Instagram 1:14 4) Danae Ringelmann – Indiegogo 2:06 5) Alexis Ohanian / Steve Huffman – Reddit 2:54 6) Andrew Mason – Groupon 3:23 7) Jack Dorsey – Twitter 4:01 8) Leah Busque – TaskRabbit 4:31 9) Emmett Shear […]

Breaking outside of your friends list TEDtalk by CEO imgur Alan Schaaf

StartupsWest Editor March 24, 2015

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The power of online communities and how anonymous groups of people can be a source of good in this world. Alan Schaaf is the founder and CEO of the website Imgur.com, which allows you to upload and share images with […]

C2 Montréal 2014 interviews Dedon founder Bobby Dekeyser

StartupsWest Editor February 5, 2015

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Bobby Dekeyser talks about his life and career and his book “Not for Sale” Additional article on at NYPost.com: http://nypost.com/2014/05/06/dedon-founder-bobby-dekeysers-life-is-all-in-the-details/

Peter Thiel video interview at Techcrunch Disrupt 2014

StartupsWest Editor September 11, 2014

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Peter Thiel goes in on Uber’s ethics, harmonizing the worlds of bits and atoms, and lessons learned as part of the “PayPal mafia” with Alexia Tsotsis.

MarTech: Fireside Chat – The Engineer Who Hacked Marketing

StartupsWest Editor September 3, 2014

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If you’re looking for a first-rate example of the incredible power that an engineer can wield in the world of marketing today, look no further than Dharmesh Shah. Dharmesh is the co-founder and CTO of HubSpot, who “cracked the code” of inbound marketing — and wrote the code to enable thousands of other marketers to […]

Mark Ecko: Embrace the Mess

StartupsWest Editor August 10, 2014

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Whether it’s due to exclusive communities in your industry or a slavish devotion to page views, tweets, and awards, it’s easy to get caught up in pleasing others. Entrepreneur, media mogul, and designer Marc Eckō tell us that, if we’re not careful, we can let others label us and define our career, robbing us of […]

The Interactive Video Startup From Kanye’s Right Hand Man

StartupsWest Editor April 29, 2014

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Former Grammy- winning producer who helped build Kanye Wests GOOD Music, Devo Harris discusses his interactive video startup, which hes launched with investment from John Legend.

David Cohen (TechStars) at Startup Grind 2014

StartupsWest Editor December 12, 2013

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David Cohen is the Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Techstars. Previously, David was a founder of several software and web technology companies. He was t…

Patrick Collison at Startup School 2012

StartupsWest Editor December 6, 2013

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Patrick Collison, founder of Stripe, at Y Combinator Startup School on October 20, 2012. Presented in Stanford Memorial Auditorium by Y Combinator and the St…

WSJ Startup of the Year: The Series

StartupsWest Editor December 5, 2013

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Introducing WSJ Startup of the Year, a video series created by the Journals news department focusing on entrepreneurship. This week we introduce the business…

Nate Blecharczyk of AirBnB at Startup School 2013

StartupsWest Editor December 1, 2013

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Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013.

Google I/O 2011: How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists

StartupsWest Editor November 30, 2013

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Don Dodge, Joe Kraus, Paul Buchheit, Seth Priebatsch talk at Google I/O 2011 Have an idea and want to start a company? Learn how to attract investors, and what they want to see before writing a check. Hear from entrepreneurs who have raised money and VCs who have funded them.

Marc Andreessen – Startup School 2011

StartupsWest Editor November 30, 2013

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Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2011

StartupsWest Editor November 30, 2013

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Please see http:www.streamliner.cosvVKiamark-zuckerberg-at-startup-school-2011 for a Streamlined version of this interview.

CPBR6 – O passo-a-passo de uma Startup

StartupsWest Editor November 19, 2013

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CPBR6 – O passo-a-passo de uma Startup CPBR6 – The step-by-step in a Startup

A Billionaire’s Startup Secrets Part 1: Growing With The Company

StartupsWest Editor November 18, 2013

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Clay Mathile, the billionaire former Iams CEO and founder of the Aileron Institute, sits down with three young founders to talk about growing their skills wh…

Jetzt geht’s ums Ganze | Made in Germany – Startup Berlin

StartupsWest Editor November 16, 2013

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Originally Published on Mar 13, 2013 In der letzten Folge unserer Serie “Startup Berlin – Stadt der Ideen” geht es für die Jungs von Vamos ums Ganze. Das Jungunternehmen hat eine App für Smartphones entwickelt, die sämtliche Veranstaltungen in der Umgebung anzeigt. Ihr Startkapital ist aufgebraucht. Falls sie jetzt kein frisches Geld bekommen, droht ihrem […]

Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) at Startup Grind Silicon Valley

StartupsWest Editor November 9, 2013

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Originally Published on Aug 1, 2013 Vinod grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur, despite growing up in an Indian Army household with no business or technology connections. Since the age of 16, when he first heard about Intel starting up, he dreamt of starting his own technology company. Upon graduating with a bachelor’s in […]

Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013

StartupsWest Editor November 4, 2013

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Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013

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