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Learn to blitzscale — with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman

Learn to blitzscale — with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman

The essence of “blitzscaling” is in its name. There’s speed, there’s volume… and the method explains how to ally the two, using technology…
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@SmartUp.ioMar 10
Fintech — how TransferWise disrupts international payments

Fintech — how TransferWise disrupts international payments

TransferWise has openly challenged banks on international transfers and currency exchange. And with expletives in advertizing, and…
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@SmartUp.ioMar 2
How to build a superpowered design thinking team

How to build a superpowered design thinking team

From childhood, David Webster always wanted to be an inventor — and from Tokyo to London and San Francisco, he has followed his ambition to…
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@SmartUp.ioFeb 12
Entrepreneurial advice from the UK’s youngest woman to IPO

Entrepreneurial advice from the UK’s youngest woman to IPO

Emma Sinclair, co-founder of EnterpriseJungle, shares her story for the SmartUp ‘Female Founders’ interview series.
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@SmartUp.ioFeb 17
Fintech’s perfect storm

Fintech’s perfect storm

Today, SmartUp launches its FinTech learning series, in collaboration with Founders Forum.
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@SmartUp.ioMar 1
Finding your product idea and solution-craving customers

Finding your product idea and solution-craving customers

Laura Klein, a Lean UX expert, shares her story and advice — for SmartUp’s interview series supporting amazing entrepreneurs and industry…
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Evelina SinkeviciuteDec 7, 2015
Focus on Beautiful Design: Wallpaper Magazine Design Award Winner 2014 ShaoLan Hsueh talks about…

Focus on Beautiful Design: Wallpaper Magazine Design Award Winner 2014 ShaoLan Hsueh talks about…

ShaoLan Hsueh, founder of Chinese language learning startup Chineasy, shares her story and advice — for SmartUp’s interview series…
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Evelina SinkeviciuteDec 7, 2015
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Creating the “Knowledge Graph” — Unlocking and showcasing your actual knowledge, not just your CV…

Creating the “Knowledge Graph” — Unlocking and showcasing your actual knowledge, not just your CV…

Lets dissect a LinkedIn CV. It tells me a good deal about a person: the life choices they made for education, work, volunteering, awards…
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Frank MeehanOct 29, 2015
Starting up in Myanmar — from 5 rooms to 46 chalets

Starting up in Myanmar — from 5 rooms to 46 chalets

Yin Myo Su, founder of Inle Heritage boutique resort in Myanmar, shares her story and advice — for SmartUp’s interview series supporting…
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Evelina SinkeviciuteDec 7, 2015
Sebastian Thrun: How to Really Think Big and Start a New Wave of Innovations

Sebastian Thrun: How to Really Think Big and Start a New Wave of Innovations

A few weeks ago we interviewed Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Udacity, a former Google Fellow and VP, and a Research Professor at Stanford…
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@SmartUp.ioSep 28, 2015
How Justine Roberts — Founder of Mumsnet, survived the dot.com

How Justine Roberts — Founder of Mumsnet, survived the dot.com

Justine Roberts is the co-founder of Mumsnet, which launched in 2000 right as the dot.com boom collapsed and survived to become one of the…
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@SmartUp.ioAug 17, 2015
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