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Engineering vs. Design

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

This post is a reblog from Jason Putorti’s blog. Jason is a 500 Startups founder (of Votizen) and venture advisor. View the original post here. The extranormal guy talking about features still thinks that the consumer actually cares about them, … Continue reading →

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Hiten Shah, Ryan Freitas, and Charles Hudson Save The World

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Ok maybe not QUITE, but they did do something pretty awesome this week. Read on for more. Since we announced the 500 Startups Accelerator last week, we’ve been having several excellent talks from our SuperMentors. This week, Hiten Shah, Ryan … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Tech Investing Trends For 2011

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dave McClure| 25 Comments

This post by 500 Overlord Dave McClure was originally published on Reuters. No apologies for shameless plugs and links on several of our 500 Startups we believe embody these trends. Top 10 Tech Trends for 2011 1. (Way too many) … Continue reading →

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How to Interview a Designer

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 6 Comments

Written by Jason Putorti, a 500 Startups SuperMentor, Venture Advisor and Founder of Votizen. The post below is cross-posted from his blog. These are the tenets I give people when they ask me how to evaluate a user experience designer for … Continue reading →

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Warm Gun will be live streamed – tune in this Friday

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Our first 500 Startups event, Warm Gun, is only a couple days away! For folks who can’t make it in person, we’ll be live streaming the event. So you can check out all the great sessions from wherever you are. … Continue reading →

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Happiness is a Warm Gun… and Good Design!

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Mark your calendars for Friday October 8! Our first event, Warm Gun, will take place in San Francisco at the Mission Bay Conference Center. Whether you’re a UX designer by trade or you’re a startup founder that wants to learn how good … Continue reading →

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