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Decoding ambiguity into opportunity: An interview with iLife Founder Nelson Lee

AsiaTechDaily

The opportunity lies in decoding customer sentiments Fortunately for Nelson, entrepreneurship was in his blood – both his parents are entrepreneurs who had founded a software company in Taiwan. Nelson saw this ambiguity as a great opportunity. “My parents started their own company the week I was born,” Nelson shares.

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Cash on Cash vs IRR

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Our first Opportunity Fund, raised two years later in 2010, has generated only 3.9x And our second Opportunity Fund, raised in 2014, has generated 7.3x Our Opportunity Funds invest in the later stage rounds of our top-performing portfolio companies plus a few later-stage investments in companies that are new to USV.

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Innovating education and gender equality in Mexico

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Through education, we can provide women with opportunities to change their lives,” says 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellow Frissia Monsivais. In 2014, Frissia started the First Leadership Center at a university in Mexico. Innovating education and gender equality in Mexico “Education is transformation.

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Come hear about the opportunities in space observation at TC Sessions: Space

TechCrunch

We’ll discuss the opportunities that investors see in backing companies looking down at Earth and what’s ahead for the industry. Between them, these founders have raised roughly $450 million for their respective companies. at 11:59 p.m.

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5 Transformations The Best Retreats Offer To A Leader

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I couldn’t remember the last time I had the opportunity to be so selfish! Self-awareness and reflection A study from 2014 found that individuals who took just 15 minutes at the end of each day to think about what they learned performed 23% better than those who didn’t reflect at all.

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Now with the launch of the Women’s Fund 1 , there will be more and greater opportunities to invest in female entrepreneurs. Having raised $1.3

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Hear how to accelerate slow-moving industries on TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch

As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. Starting in 2014, wireless carriers began offering free smartphones, and once truckers got their hands on these devices, the industry quickly started to change. Convoy launched at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Join the event here.