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" There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves. "
Jon Oringer
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" We have a lot of customers in Japan, but they don't quite get the local content that they always need, so we want to encourage all of our product teams to start thinking globally. "
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" We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that. "
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" In high school, I used to teach guitar and fix computers by the hour. I was looking for some way to make some cash, so I actually learned how to play guitar in order to try to teach it. "
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" The problem with taking venture capital is if you take $5m from someone, it may feel great; you may feel like they're validating your business model. But they're giving $5m out to 20 different people, hoping one of them will be a hit. They don't really care if it's you. "
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" Rex has photographers around the world - it's a higher touch business: there are a lot of relationships involved. If you throw an event, there are certain photographers you've worked with before and you want there. "
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" Some people are serial entrepreneurs and want to just move on to the next thing. They just want to clean the slate and start from scratch. I feel that sometimes, too, and the way that we do that here is we build things inside Shutterstock: we launch new products all the time. "
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" In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin. "
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Office
" I started Shutterstock without any outside funding; I believe in creating a lean startup. By not taking outside investors early, I was forced to use every dollar I had as efficiently as possible. And I was able to keep a large part of the company. "
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" Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law. "
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" At Shutterstock, we've been offering tutorials to customers and contributors on our blog for many years. Our audience already viewed us as thought leaders on the latest digital and creative skills; we felt it so natural for us to launch Skillfeed, which is an online marketplace for professional learning. "
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Creative
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Buy
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Come
" Editorial imagery licensing includes celebrity, entertainment, sports, and news images that capture what is happening in the world around us. "
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Capture
Celebrity
News
" To make a computer do something that would take a human a long period of time was always interesting. "
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Human
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Always
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" All businesses need images to sell their products and services. "
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" I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about. "
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" I started Shutterstock out of my own need. I'd previously created a few software companies, and each time, I struggled to find affordable images to use on my websites. "
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" I believe anything has to be possible. You have to be able to face any problem that comes along and unravel it into a solution. "
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Believe
Face
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" When a user signs up for Skillfeed, they get unlimited access to thousands of video courses and creative and technical skills, all as a part of one inexpensive monthly subscription. Instructors from around the world can apply to have their course from Skillfeed and earn money based on how much their courses are viewed. "
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" I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent. "
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" Many entrepreneurs have shifted their focus to pursuing VC funding as a primary strategic priority instead of concentrating on generating value for their users. This is worrisome because raising capital alone is misleading as a benchmark for success. "
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Code
Opportunities
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