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Swinging for the fences – Tristan Walker and Foursquare

Posted by Gavin Baker - June 18, 2010 - career
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“When I first heard about Foursquare, I emailed [co-founder] Dennis Crowley. He said, “Are you ever in New York?” I said, “Actually, yeah! I plan on being in New York tomorrow.” [Laughs.] I booked my flight that night, met with him and, a month later, I was working for Foursquare. ” says Tristan Walker responsible [...]

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Read More Business and Economy, career, Dennis Crowley, Foursquare, go big, New York, New York City, start up, Tristan Walker, United States

Bringing it back. Acoustic. And Wonderful

Posted by Gavin Baker - August 29, 2009 - awesomeness
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I saw this video from a tweet by Jason Calacanis and I love it!  This is PS22 Chorus a group of 5th graders up in New York.  Check them out here http://ps22chorus.blogspot.com/ .  In addtion to Eye of the Tiger, they also do “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey, “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga – quite [...]

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Read More Arts, chorus, Dance, Don't Stop Believing, Jason Calacanis, Just Dance, kids music, Lady Gaga, Music, New York, nyc, ps22 chorus, United States

Tips from Pixar and Penelope Trunk on careers

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 2, 2009 - video
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Do you ever have those times in life that seem to have themes?  My theme would be watching videos online, I watched two videos that made me think recently. 1. I watched a video of Randy Nelson, Dean of Pixar University talking about some points of focus from Pixar.  One of the things they teach [...]

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Read More @Google, brazen careerist, careers, Cornell University, Education, hiring, improv, innovation, networking, New York, penelope trunk, pixar, pixar university, randy nelson, tips and tricks, United States

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