Walker Corporate Law Startup of the Week #24- Upstart

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On this episode of Walker Corporate Law's' Startup of the week, Jason talks with Dave Girouard CEO and Founder of Upstart, a platform that lets you raise money in exchange for a small share of your income for 10 years.

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Evan Williams Co-founder, Twitter & Co-Founder, Obvious #E345

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From the LAUNCH Festival 2013 stage. Jason sits down for an epic interview with Evan Williams of Twitter and Obvious

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News Roundtable with Rafe Needleman and Michael Robertson-TWiST #E344

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 On this Friday News Roundtable the panel discusses the impact of social media on the Boston bombing investigation, Google Fiber, the long awaited release of the Space Monkey hardware and more!

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