RunKeeper: How A Non-Programmer Launched A Huge Software-Based Business – with Jason Jacobs
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How Could Someone “Thoroughly Unqualified” Raise $2 Mil And Launch A Startup?
When she came up with the idea for Oneforty, the Twitter app store, Laura Fitton thought she was "thoroughly unqualified for the idea." She didn’t know how to code up a site. She never raised money for a startup before. And she didn’t even live in Silicon Valley. But she launched it anyway because she felt that a good idea is a gift and she owed it to herself to pursue it.
As she got going, she found ways to make up for the traditional qualifications that she lacked. I jotted down some of those ways during the interview (see below), but if you listen to it yourself, I bet you’ll pick up even more useful ideas from her experience. As I kept saying during the conversation, she did a lot of work before she even launched her company. My goal with in interview was to learn from that hard work.
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Wikipedia’s Founder On How The Site Was Built & Promoted. – with Jimmy Wales
How did Jimmy Wales get the world to help him write an encyclopedia? And what could YOU learn from his experiences to help you build a business that leaves a legacy?
I invited Jimmy to Mixergy and I asked him to talk about the business side of his non-profit, Wikipedia. He told us how the idea for Wikipedia evolved, how he got people to contribute to it, why people promoted the site, and more. My goal was to help you learn how to build a startup that leaves a legacy, from the man whose work changed the world.
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