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Recruit Top Talent Like Ari Gold From Entourage

Posted on June 28, 2011 by 500 Startups| 6 Comments

This post was written by Ethan Bloch. Ethan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flowtown where he built the company to 26,000 businesses, profitability and a team of 8 in less than 11 months only to be faced with the … Continue reading →

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Startup Dad Gives Baby Up For Adoption

Posted on June 24, 2011 by 500 Startups| 1 Comment

Meet Professor X, aka 500 SuperMentor Hong Quan (@hongdquan). An entrepreneur and recruiter building cars and startups, Hong has even hired a real honest-to-goodness rockstar (#3 on Billboard charts).  He uses his superpowers of recruiting and abilities to read and influence … Continue reading →

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Celebrate The Small Victories

Posted on June 14, 2011 by 500 Startups| 5 Comments

Meet Lion-O aka SuperMentor Brenden Mulligan (@bmull). Brenden founded ArtistData, a music industry startup that enables artists to easily keep their content up-to-date across multiple marketing channels and consumer touch points, which was acquired in May 2010 by Sonicbids. More … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Déjà Vu: Why focusing on monetization is critical for mobile app developers.

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

Meet Lucky Luke aka 500 SuperMentor and Founder Michael Oiknine (@apsalarinc).  Michael is co-founder & CEO of Apsalar, a behavioral targeting and analytics platform for mobile apps.  Prior to Apsalar, Michael was co-Founder & COO of Kefta, a SaaS provider … Continue reading →

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Build a Killer Product Faster! The Secret of User Activity Streams and Cohort Metrics

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 28 Comments

Meet Silver Surfer aka 500 SuperMentor Dan Martell (@danmartell).  Dan is the Co-Founder of Flowtown, a social marketing application for businesses.  Self diagnosed as having intense ADHD, you can either find him hosting dinners, speaking about marketing or jumping off … Continue reading →

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Attention Seeking: A Guide For Startups

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 9 Comments

This guest post comes to you from across the pond – written by Milo Yiannopoulos, a technology columnist for The Telegraph in London who writes about the internet, copyright, privacy and start-ups. Milo is commissioning editor of The Telegraph’s Tech Start-Up … Continue reading →

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The Elevator Pitch

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

Meet The Highlander, aka 500 Mentor Elliot Loh. Elliot is an entrepreneur in search of the next big thing. Most recently, he played several roles at Geni, starting as a design/product co-founder and finishing as COO. While at Geni, Elliot prototyped … Continue reading →

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Getting to the Top of Google – Less Science, More Workflow

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

Meet Mandorallen (from the series Belgarion by David Eddings), aka 500 Founder John Straw. John is CEO and founder of Linkdex. Based in London, UK, Linkdex is going to disrupt the SEO space by providing a fully integrated suite of tools … Continue reading →

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What You Need To Know To Go International (US Version)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

Meet European Girl, aka 500 Mentor Colette Ballou. Colette is the founder of Ballou PR, the smartest and sassiest public relations agency on either side of the Atlantic, focusing on high-growth companies. She oversees activities for their Paris, London, New … Continue reading →

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