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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

But instead of a discussion of our nation’s current situation, I wanted to have a look at the state of crowdsourcing – as an industry, as profession, and a force for change in the world of business, creativity, technology, and politics. prototype, build, and test their software. A buyer works with the team to plan.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

With a wealth of financial knowledge, I took a risk and became the CFO of a clean tech startup and eventually moved to San Francisco where my entire high end wardrobe became obsolete. Another benefit was that I was able to complete two master’s degrees, one in Software Engineering, and another in Engineering Management.

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Navigating the Challenges of Scaling

Duct Tape Marketing

A lifelong entrepreneur, Jason has been named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list and was named EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and The Economic Club of Chicago. He is a self-taught software engineer and technologist. Looking forward to chatting.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and I bet you it's more than one bike if I had the gas. Since leaving GrubHub, he founded Fixer.com, an on-demand handyperson service focused on social impact.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours. When I began my company 5+ years ago, it was not really a choice. 14- A number of reasons.