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24 alternatives to Harvard Innovation Labs' The Other Side - Maria Thomas, former CEO of Etsy

Maria Thomas shares her journey to success

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Harvard Innovation Labs' The Other Side - Maria Thomas, former CEO of Etsy launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SaaStr 078: Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse▲61

   You have to make customers uncomfortable in the early days

   2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   Harvard Innovation Labs: The Other Side Podcast with Stéphane Bancel▲53

   Following a plan to become a chief executive

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Who's Building Something New?▲103

   Twitter profiles of the next unicorn founders

   2021 · failflow.com · its alternatives →

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   Smart People Should Build Things: Christine Hunsicker, CEO at Gwynnie Bee▲64

   On disrupting the apparel industry in an untapped market

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Etsy Manufacturing▲95

   Helping designers partner with responsible manufacturers

   2015 · etsy.com · its alternatives →

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   Angel Insights: Sara Thomas @ Maven Ventures▲53

   Wha to look for in early stage consumer startups

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   Etsy Local▲111

   Find and support creative entrepreneurs, locally

   2015 · etsy.com · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse▲72

   How to win the fundraising game and navigate VCs

   2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   DN FM — Randy Hunt▲54

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   2016 · designernews.co · its alternatives →

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    Smart People Should Build Things: Megan O'Connor and Sam Gimbel, Co-Founders of Clark▲56

    On side hustles and disrupting private education

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Passive Income for Designers #008: Aaron Epstein's Advice for Building a Successful Creative Market Shop▲63

    The CEO of Creative Market talks making great products.

    2016 · passiveincomefordesigners.com · its alternatives →

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    Paperpreneurs ▲77

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    2015 · paper-entrepreneur.launchrock.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart People Should Build Things - Katia Beauchamp, Co-Founder & CEO of Birchbox▲73

    Katia on creating the mold for subscription box services

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    SaaS Open Mic - Bjoern Zinssmeister, Founder of @Ivyleads▲61

    On sales stacks, design for enterprise SaaS & more.

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Nextt Experiments▲86

    A community for open and permissionless innovation

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Female Founder Stories▲136

    A collection of interviews with Y Combinator’s female alumni

    2014 · femalefounderstories.com · its alternatives →

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    Shopify Masters - Building an Advisory Board w/ The B. Side Founder▲54

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    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Etsy Studio▲157

    Sell your craft supplies in a brand new market

    2017 · etsy.com · its alternatives →

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    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

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    2015 · web.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

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    Smart People Should Build Things: Charlie Kroll & Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founders of Ellevest▲61

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    2017 · its alternatives →

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Effective Altruism Funds▲163

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    Time, etc.▲92

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    2014 · timeetc.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart People Should Build Things - Olga Vidisheva, Founder & CEO of Shoptiques.com▲62

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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