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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Don Graham, Chairman & CEO of The Washington Post Company

Don Graham

We had a very special guest come by to speak with us here at SurveyMonkey recently! Don Graham, Chairman and CEO of The Washington Post Company–an American mass media organization that owns the historic newspaper, The Washington Post, as well as Slate Magazine, …

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Debi Hemmeter, Founder & Director of Partnerships for Lean In

Elena & Debi

For our latest installment of the SurveyMonkey Speaker Series, we were thrilled to have Debi Hemmeter take time out of her day to stop by and chat with us.

Debi is the Founder and Director of Partnerships for Lean In, …

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Chris Bischof, Principal of Eastside College Prep

Chris Bischof of Eastside Prep

Last week, we were honored to have Chris Bischof–co-founder and principal of Palo Alto’s Eastside College Preparatory School–visit us here at SurveyMonkey for our monthly Speaker Series event. Eastside College Prep’s mission?

In the school’s own words:

“…we are committed to

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Ellen Levy, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect

Ellen Levy

Yesterday, we welcomed Ellen Levy, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect, for this month’s Speaker Series event here at SurveyMonkey. She’s been described as the most connected woman in Silicon Valley and it’s definitely not hard to see why!

Ellen’s career …

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Alexander “Sam” Aldrich, Author of “Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King”

Photo taken by Moneta Sleet on March 25, 1965.

Yesterday, we were honored to have a special guest stop by SurveyMonkey to help us kick off our 2013 Speaker Series: Alexander “Sam” Aldrich, author of “Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King”.

When he was thirty-seven years old, Sam marched alongside …

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents Ben Casnocha, Co-author of “The Start-Up of You”

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Yesterday, Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur, blogger, and co-author of The New York Times best-seller The Start-Up of You, stopped by SurveyMonkey to discuss his book and give valuable advice about the importance of having an entrepreneurial mindset and skill set in the current …

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First Ever SurveyMonkey Meetup, Japan Style

Japanese survey makers, takers, and Monkeys got together last December to hold the first ever SurveyMonkey Meetup. The event brought together SurveyMonkey fans, customers, and experts.  Speakers included people from AOL Online Japan and COOKPAD who shared survey use cases, best …

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SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents: Kris Sulpizio of Second Harvest Food Bank

Last week, SurveyMonkey employees had the honor of hearing Kris Sulpizio, the Director of Volunteer Services from Second Harvest Food Bank, speak about her organization’s work in providing food to an average of nearly a quarter of a million people each month.

Based …

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The SurveyMonkey Speaker Series Presents Eric Ries, Author of "The Lean Startup"

Yesterday, Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup and the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned, stopped by the SurveyMonkey office to chat with us about how his experiences working in startups–most notably as the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer …

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