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Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Wellesley High School, 2012. In 2012, he delivered a 12-minute commencement speech at Wellesley High School, in one of the most affluent towns in America. The post Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates appeared first on. Here are a few of my favorites that fit this bill. David McCullough Jr., David McCullough Jr.

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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). About a third of them have already closed their businesses, or will do so soon. The last third seems like they will make it.

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Ramon's 2020 Holiday Party: Small Business Advice from Industry Experts

Smart Hustle Magazine

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. He left WSJ in 2012 and started Brian Moran and Associates. Awesome small business advice!

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective

TechCrunch

It’s a vital question, and it’s why we’ve invited three investors — who we think know their stuff — to share their insight and advice on the TechCrunch+ stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? But thank you.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will also be my last venture capital deal. It hasn’t always been as rewarding as it could be, however.

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