Member Since July 2014
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Tolga Tanriseven is the co-founder and CEO of GirlsAskGuys, digital community connecting girls and guys to help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. GirlsAskGuys & KizlarSoruyor connects people with passion on a topic, micro-influencers, to people who are seeking that knowledge from passionate people. Tolga was born in Turkey and moved to US, St. Louis, in 2001 to receive his graduate degree in computer engineering at SIUE. After working in the e-commerce industry and leading engineering teams, Tolga took his side project GirlsAskGuys to the next level by raising $2M. GirlsAskGuys, also available in Turkish as KizlarSoruyor.com and in Spanish as EllasSaben.com, reaches 22M unique visitors per month and Tolga has been featured in various media including Forbes, Mashable, Huffington Post and Channel 5 KSDK.
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Programming is highly in demand in today's digital-first world. Try these tools, courses and platforms recommended by business leaders. Today's world is all about technology, which means people who can develop software and applications are in very high demand. However, many companies that need help with development have found there simply aren't enough qualified programmers to go around. Businesses that are in need of programming talent but can't find or don't have the budget to hire top tech candidates often choose to build the skills of their internal team to supplement their needs. Fortunately, there are countless free and low-cost tools, courses and programs that can help teams boost their programming skills. We asked 15 members of Young Entrepreneur Council to share their top tool recommendations for businesses that want to build programming into their professional development flow.
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Working for a startup is vastly different than working for an established company. Established companies have steady processes and defined operations, while startups often wade through a constant stream of pivots and unknowns. It makes sense, then, that startup employees require certain skills and attitudes to thrive in this type of workplace. We asked 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council for one quality they believe all startup hires need to have. Here are the traits they deem essential and why each one helps when working in a startup environment.
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AI and machine learning have reached new heights of sophistication and are taking topical conversations to another level.
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Content is a key to marketing these days, but it’s so much more powerful when you design your experience for community interaction first.
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Forget content -- business owners must focus on building an impassioned community that will help create content, and word of mouth buzz, for them.
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GirlsAskGuys
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GirlsAskGuys is a digital community closing the gap between genders by bringing them together to help each other. Girls and guys of varied backgrounds discuss a wide array of lifestyle issues ranging from dating & relationships to fashion & health, by sharing their experiences & opinions to help the opposite sex understand their own. Our community is like an experienced, trusted and anonymous best friend of the opposite sex, who users feel safe and comfortable asking for feedback and opinions, no matter if it’s personal, embarrassing or just something they’re curious about, in a safe and non-judgmental environment KizlarSoruyor.com, the Turkish version of GirlsAskGuys.com, launched in 2011 and in 2014, the Spanish version, EllasSaben.com, went live.