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What Does that “Business Guy” at Your Startup Do, Anyway?

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 15 Comments

Meet Plastic Man aka 500 SuperMentor Charles Hudson (@chudson). Charles is the Co-Founder of Bionic Panda Games, a new mobile games startup. Prior to Bionic Panda Games, Charles was the VP of Business Development at Serious Business (acquired by Zynga … Continue reading →

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Why We Started A Company to Eradicate Credit Card Debt

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

ReadyForZero recently announced that they closed a seed round of funding. We’re excited to welcome them to the 500 Startups crew! In this post, co-founders Ignacio “Nacho” Thayer and Rod Ebrahimi share their story on what inspired them to build a … Continue reading →

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Making Your Startup A Platform

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Meet Green Lantern, aka super-mentor Ben Lewis. Ben is a co-founder and VP of Product at Tapjoy, a platform offering mobile publishers solutions for application discovery, rich advertising, and virtual good sales. Before life as an entrepreneur, Ben was a … Continue reading →

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Blogging Is Like Oxygen

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 6 Comments

This morning, I came across a couple blog posts today on the topic of having a blog (yes, very meta): What can you learn from 7 awesome corporate blogs? (from KISSMetrics’ blog) Five reasons why corporate blogs fail (an older … Continue reading →

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Acquisitions: Pulling Back The Covers – Part 2

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 5 Comments

500 Startups Mentor Ryan Junee continues with Part 2 of his thoughts about startup acquisitions. Catch up on Part 1. This is a continuation of my previous post in which I talked about some of the key things you and your … Continue reading →

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Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers – Part 1

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

Meet The Riddler, the first 500 Startups super-mentor to make an appearance on this blog. The Riddler, aka Ryan Junee, is a serial entrepreneur and start-up advisor by day. By night, he schemes complex riddles to trick fellow entrepreneurs and unwitting … Continue reading →

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