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Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 250 cities. We nurture startup ecosystems in 105 countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Entrepreneurs.

We are hosting a conference in Silicon Valley on the 12-14 Feb 2018 - come meet 6000 other entrepreneurs, 300 startups and over 100 investors over 3 life-changing days.

Here for more info: startupgrind.com/conference

Where Great Ideas Come From with Tim Draper, Draper Associates

Jul 27, 2016

Tim is the founding partner of the leading venture capital firms Draper Associated and DFJ. Tim’s early success came with the suggestion to use viral marketing in web-based email to grow one of the original web mail services and one of his first investments, HotMail. The technique has since been adopted by hundred of...

Fighting Giants with Noah Everett, Founder of Twitpic/Pingly

Jul 25, 2016

Noah Everett, founder of the popular Twitpic photo sharing service and most recently the messaging platform Pingly.

Everett, a Carolina native is widely known as a pioneer of photo sharing on mobile phones and social media. Newly launched Pingly is a direct messaging platform that also works over email and SMS. His...

Changing the World Through Education with Sebastian Thrun, Udacity/Google X

Jul 20, 2016

Today we have a special interview from our Global Conference with Sebastian Thrun co-founder & CEO of Udacity and former head of Google X.

Sebastian Thrun is also a former Google Fellow and VP, and a Research Professor at Stanford University.

He has published over 370 scientific papers and 11 books, and he is...

Fundraising 101 with Joy Randels, CEO of New Market Partners

Jul 18, 2016

Hey there and welcome to Monday’s episode of the startup grind podcast. Today we have a great conversation with Joy Randels CEO of New Market Partners and 11 time serial entrepreneur. She also happens to be the director of one of Startup Grind’s best chapters, Tampa Bay. Joy is a highly energetic presenter and...

Partner with your Disruptees with Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box

Jul 13, 2016

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box at Startup Grind’s Global Conference earlier this year. Aaron has been CEO since co-founding the cloud storage company in 2005. Aaron served as the company’s product and platform strategy visionary. His plan incorporated traditional content management with elements of social business...