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“If I never again have to read a bunch of entitled tech bros mansplaining on twitter about their way of working is the only way, I will die a happy man.” Canadian Investor Chris Neumann on Venture Vibes, Who Helped Him Along the Way, and the Qualities of a Founder Who Could Fail But He’d Back Again

Hunter Walk

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data).

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

During his free time, he started a blog to tell his friends back home about his life out west, and also to recommend TV shows. Slowly, Mike’s Bloggity Blog became one of Canada’s premier entertainment sites, and Morrison found himself with a local newspaper column as well as regular television and radio appearances.

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

I can't put up my track record on my blog, which I'd happily do--whether I have any exits (even though it is theoretically public what I've worked on and who might have sold to a company that rhymes with hype) and how the other companies are doing. I can't tell you anything about it thanks to the SEC. scratches bald head].

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Cities, cycles and San Francisco’s ‘return’

TechCrunch

If you enjoy this newsletter, you should check out my personal blog too ! Also, check out all our Pitch Deck Teardowns and other pitching advice, all collected in one handy place for you! In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence.

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“I guess we’ll know we’ve made it when a woman can get away with behaving like Elon Musk.” Talking With VC Ashley Mayer About Finding Your Career, Taking Box Public, And Why She’s Not Interested In Reading Yet Another Female CEO Takedown

Hunter Walk

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. My advice to people early in their career is pretty simple: your mission isn’t to pursue a career, it’s to discover it. Put yourself in interesting situations.

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What Is Acqui-Hiring & How It Works?

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This term is believed to have first appeared in a blog post by Rex Hammock on May 11, 2005. Investors not getting an equal share of the company’s net worth is one of the controversial issues in the startup ecosystem. Acquisition is when one company buys another, and hiring refers to taking on employees.

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Newsletter: Blood pressure via video + Life-changing drones

OurCrowd

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Workspot’s secure cloud desktop Binah.ai: World’s first blood pressure via video InsideTracker guides users to longer, healthier lives Israel hits new VC record of $25.6 IPOs and a startup ecosystem now numbering 9,000 different companies. But that’s just part of the story.

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