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Want to work at a startup? Nail these 9 interview questions

The Next Web

Ryan Matzner is the Director of Strategy at Fueled , the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design , based in New York and London. As Fueled has grown from its infancy to more than 100 employees, I regularly interview many smart candidates who could answer your standard interview questions in their sleep.

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8 ways startups are changing the healthcare industry

The Next Web

Few industries stand to gain more from recent innovations in technology (and certain federal legislation) than healthcare. Now, after the ruling, the industry is poised to explode, and NextGxDx is looking to capitalize on the genetic stampede by providing a gene test marketplace; think of it as an Amazon Marketplace for gene testing.

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Spotify’s leaning hard into video podcasts. Here’s how creators are adapting

Fast Company Tech

Fifty episodes in, Williamson started recording his Skype interviews. Among the seven podcasters interviewed for this piece, nearly all cited increased costsboth financial and labor-relatedas a major consideration. Ceara Jane OSullivan, who records simultaneously in New York, positions herself as a check on that impulse.

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This volunteer crew is on a mission to fix Wikipedia’s worst celebrity photos

Fast Company Tech

Armed with their own camera gearand often covering their own travelthese photographers attend festivals, award shows, and industry events to capture high-quality, freely licensed images of celebrities and other notable figures. Enter WikiPortraits: a team of volunteer photographers on a mission to fix this injustice. Celebrities?

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. —— John has spent time working for Microsoft, doing R&D for the defense industry and was part of a few past startups that didn’t quite reach “critical mass.&# On July 5 the real fun began. How was the project developed?

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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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Air France’s redesigned first-class cabin costs $10K for a one-way flight from Paris

Fast Company Tech

. “A large percentage of the customers are flying for business reasons Many of them have the choice of a private jet or flying in first class,” Smith said in an interview. “What is new for us over the last few years is a marked increase in the number of luxury customers that are flying for leisure purposes.”

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