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Aleksey Vayner, The Yale Grad With the Infamous Video Resume, Is Reportedly Dead
gawker.com
— Once upon a time in an earlier online era, an aggressively ambitious Yale senior named Alexsey Vayner submitted a rather audacious video resume entitled "Impossible Is Nothing" for an investment-banking job.
Mathew Ingram
Senior Writer
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GigaOM
@mathewi
I didn't realize one-time internet meme Aleksey Vayner had died -- good to be reminded that memes are people too:
t.co/xJJQxGf8
January 27, 2013
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John Carney
Senior Editor
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CNBC
@carney
For what it's worth, the old email I have for Aleksey Vayner bounces.
t.co/kJI6Rc2I
January 24, 2013
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Megan Friedman
News Editor, NBCNews.com
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NBC News
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Aleksey Vayner, of viral-video-resume infamy, has died.
t.co/RH5rgTMX
January 24, 2013
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Lisan Jutras
Reporter
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Globe and Mail
@lisanjutras
"Impossible Is Nothing." The guy who became internet famous with his bombastic video CV is apparently dead.
t.co/2QYNWw9U
January 24, 2013
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Fiona Graham
Reporter and Section Editor, Technology of Business
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@johnjcook
: Confirmed: Aleksey Vayner is dead
t.co/ysMQFr3C
Six yrs ago he told me, "Sometimes I feel like everything I've don ...
January 24, 2013
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Fiona Graham
Reporter and Section Editor, Technology of Business
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BBC
@FionaGraham
Gawker appears to have confirmed - Aleksey Vayner, the Yale Grad With the Infamous Video Resume, Is Dead ->
t.co/DuA6kNOp
January 24, 2013
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John Carney
Senior Editor
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CNBC
@carney
I sincerely hope this story about Aleksey Vayner being dead isn't true.
t.co/kJI6Rc2I
January 24, 2013
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Tony Tassell
Financial News Editor
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Financial Times
@TonyTassell
this is a very sad story. Yale grad who produced an infamous video resume for inv banking dead at 29 via
@johnjcook
t.co/n1zEfdIs
January 24, 2013
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Jessica Misener
Editor
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BuzzFeed
@jessmisener
Wow. RT
@johnjcook
: Confirmed: Aleksey Vayner is dead
t.co/ryWwXJ6Y
January 24, 2013
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John Cook
Editor-in-Chief
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Gawker
@johnjcook
Confirmed: Aleksey Vayner is dead
t.co/ysMQFr3C
Six yrs ago he told me, "Sometimes I feel like everything I've done has been ruined."
January 24, 2013
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David Weidner
Opinions Writer
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Wall Street Journal
@davidweidner
Impossible is nothing. An old fake friend of mine, Aleksey Vaynor
@alekseyg108
is dead. Maybe.
t.co/NVpz2kzP
January 24, 2013
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