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Growth, Funding, Pivotal Moments and the Evolution of Adzerk to Kevel

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It was 2007, which I realized is 13 years ago, which feels like a very long time. But back, but yeah, I mean, back-to-back in like 2007-2008 timeframe, I actually acquired a small ad network. And I was a software developer before. The Good and the Bad of Taking Money. 10:02 James Avery, Kevel: They weren’t too bad.

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Launching a New Breakout Product | Jason Fried | BoS USA Online 2020

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So before we get into product, and I think there are two or three things that keep coming up in in questions. One is that some stuff around product and team and building a new, a new breakout, very different product to the one that you’ve got. But again, you forget that the real work comes from maintaining products.

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“It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times” – Every CEO Ever | Tim Barker, DataSift | BoS Europe 2018

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How do you motivate and lead a team when the future is uncertain? I will talk about managing through good times and bad times so don’t worry there will be good times before I get to the bad stuff. Being British we like a bit of bad news. But my personal journey is a developer to CEO. So cameras off.