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Work · March 24, 2012

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This is why I built my startup

After a sprint towards MVP, we are about to launch what I hope is our most successful project yet. This is what motivated me. http://blog.thevideosdb.com/how-thevideosdb-came-to-be/ What motivates you?

This is why I built my startup launched on March 24, 2012 with 5 votes, #119 of 340 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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