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Ignite no. 2

Chris Hopkinson

I survived my first year as web 2.0 company

From literally writing the business plan on back of a napkin to building a skeleton prototype and being rejected by every VC, rebuilding the product and finally launching and reversing the table on investors as they now come to us. I'll briefly discuss the road, why it's so hard, what it takes to survive the first year (during an economic depression) and how we plan to continue growing.

About Chris Hopkinson:

Chris is an entrepreneur with over 12 years experience starting and launching technology companies. Chris is in charge of strategic partnerships, distribution and marketing for DubMeNow. Prior to DubMeNow, Chris was the founder and president of TaxScan Technologies, a tax software company incorporating OCR technology and is a former managing partner at Frontier Tax & Accounting.

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