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

Business of Software Conference

2:44 James Avery, Kevel: And this around 2009 I started the company that became Adzerk right around when I went to my first business of software in San Francisco. 2:44 James Avery, Kevel: And this around 2009 I started the company that became Adzerk right around when I went to my first business of software in San Francisco.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

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That turned into an agency because everyone wanted their version customized. Sima Banijamali : “I started in tech in 2009, and in 2010 I moved to Sweden from Iran and started studying. The feedback I got when I was leaving was “we hired you because as a diversity”. I made my way to operations, and then into product.”

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

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In honor of the recent passing of Gerald Weinberg, I’ll choose my favorite of his: The Secrets of Consulting. Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Rich Mironov, Mironov Consulting. Most influential book: There are many to choose from. (I I guess I’m easily influenced.) Good to Great by Jim Collins. The Big Switch by Nick Carr.