Category: start-up life
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Mendelife – Meet Matthew Green
This week we introduce another member of the Mendeley team: Business Executive Matthew “Matty” Green. He’s a relative newbie, having been with us for 3 months now, so we thought we’d get his thoughts on coming on board while they’re still fresh! Why did you apply for this job at Mendeley? There aren’t many small…
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Mendelife – Meet James Rasell
Welcome to a new series of posts directly “from the horse’s mouth” where the team here at Mendeley tells you a bit more about themselves. As English author, poet and artist John Ruskin once said: “Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are,” so we thought it would be…
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Here's a great interview of Victor by The Guardian for Activate New York 2011
Activate is the Guardian newspaper’s forum for leaders working across all sectors who are using technology and the internet to make the world a better place. As a winner at the 2010 Activate Summit, Victor was interviewed this year on using social technology to help academics collaborate and discover research. Click the screenshot below to…
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5 steps to disrupt AND save academia. Hint: use startup investors
The result of too many PhDs has meant a surplus of academics doing multiple post-doc tours of duty, lower wages, and a waste of tax payer money. All would be fine if there were enough jobs outside of academia to support those researchers in industry and government, but there are not. Let’s clarify that, there…
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Our Office Is Warm!
To everyone who came out to our Office Event: a special thanks for braving the cold and warming us up. We met lots of fun and interesting people from NYU, Columbia, SPARC, New York Academy of Sciences, American Museum of Natural History and a few twitter invites. The night started with yummy food and delicious…
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