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Guest posted by Darius “Bubs” Monsef, a 500S mentor & founder living on the Big Island of Hawaii eating malasadas and smelling the plumerias. Follow him @bubs or at his blog (hellobubs.com) I was signed up to be a judge … Continue reading →

SuperMentor Steph Hay (AKA Poison Ivy) is known at 500 Startups for her content expertise, UX skills, and giant hair. By day, as co-founder of FastCustomer, Steph works to rid the world from ever having to wait on hold again. … Continue reading →

The below is a guest post by Shireen Rahjou, Community & Media Relations Manager at .CO. You may have seen her running around SXSW in an orange t-shirt, spoiling all the .CO VIP’s (startups registered on a .CO domain). This … Continue reading →

      Jennifer Lum (@jenniferlum) is a mobile entrepreneur and investor. She is a co-founder of Apricot Capital and mentors at 500 Startups and TechStars. Her start-up experience includes: Quattro Wireless, m-Qube, and WebHosting.com Dave Balter (@DaveBalter) is the founder and chief executive officer … Continue reading →

Ryan Freitas is the Co-Founder of About.Me, which was acquired by AOL where he now serves as Director of Product Management. The full interview will be published in the Designer Founders Book. Note: We’re less than a week away from … Continue reading →

Enrique Allen partnered with 500 Startups to create the Designer Fund, a community of designers who invest in designer founders through mentorship, funding, and access to their network. 500 Startups is a sponsoring partner of the Designer Fund along with … Continue reading →

Jeannie Nguyen (@omfgjeannie) is a designer for Lexity (@lxty). What up. Jeannie here, designer at Lexity. So, you know our current site? Yeah. Definitely not what we first designed. We took a couple of months to design and build our … Continue reading →