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How to Get a VC's Attention at an IRL Event

This is going to be BIG.

A few years ago, I was at Techcrunch Disrupt and this guy taps me on the shoulder as I was chatting in a group. My company is Bread and we make ad creative super easy. 4) Don’t push for me to say yes or no right then—because I see 2000 things in a year and do 8-10 of them. My name is Alan.

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How Understanding Multigenerational Workforces Can Make You a Better Leader

StartupNation

Generation Y (1981-2000) = 35%. Generation Z are the newest additions to the workforce and are described as universal, innovative and open-minded as well as those who value diversity, individuality, creativity and personalization. Supporting multigenerational workforces. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Traditionalists.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me. Open source became a movement – a mentality. Spawning of Micro VCs.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. Helps daring companies with innovative consumer-facing solutions expand to new markets. It partners with technology founders at Series A and beyond. Atomico was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, England.

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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Andreessen Horowitz

Technological innovation in a market system is inherently philanthropic , by a 50:1 ratio. We believe the techno-capital machine of markets and innovation never ends, but instead spirals continuously upward. The other 98% flows through to society in the form of what economists call social surplus.

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