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" I'm too old to understand Snapchat. "
Parker Conrad
Snapchat
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" Zenefits is basically a service that manages all of your payroll, benefits, and associated HR details that come along with those. Dealing with new employee onboarding, offer letters, and managing that - and we do it for free. "
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" The Digital Millennium Copyright Act indemnifies Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Harvard from copyright abuses committed over their computer networks. "
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" A lot of scaling up a company is not very sexy or strategic. "
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" I'll grab coffee with my wife and daughter and then am in the office around 9 or 10. From there, I usually have about 8 hours of meetings. "
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" There are those who say the music industry must adapt to a wired world. They point to the decades-long rise in CD prices, even as manufacturing costs came down, and to data that shows Napster may actually increase sales of CDs by music-hungry customers as evidence that the music industry is simply afraid of a new technology. "
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" The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson. "
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" Despite the volume of 'junk' mail that students receive each year, companies that have an interest in selling their product to students say direct mailing is a key to their success. "
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" The battle over Napster has divided musicians and industry officials. "
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" If you move or get married, that has to be changed with HR, payroll, medical insurance, life insurance, etc. It is a huge administrative headache that requires a full-time staff. "
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" Insurance brokers make way too much money for the value they provide. "
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" A good headline is far more than a summary. It has to characterize, in a few brief words, the most important themes and news items of the article it accompanies. "
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" With a lot of the things that seem scalable, you will find bottlenecks you never imagined that you suddenly need to find solutions for. "
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" It feels good to have people who support you and back you and believe in you. "
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" I tried paying at a restaurant with stock options. It didn't work. "
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" I was spending all my time at the 'Crimson' - like, 70 hours a week - and I didn't go to class for, like, a year. I failed out of school. I had to leave Harvard, really, halfway through my tenure as the 'Crimson' managing editor. It was this incredibly humiliating and shocking experience. "
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" One of the powers of a sit-in is its visibility and potential to mobilize public opinion; the way the protest is reported in the media can have a powerful influence over its eventual success or failure. "
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" When professors expect a few dozen students and hundreds show up, it's a mixed blessing. While it's a testament to their popularity, it also means they have to scramble to interview and hire more teaching fellows, schedule rooms, and order lab supplies. "
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