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How to Build a Successful Partnership in Work and Life

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In January of 2000 my husband, Jamie, asked me to come work with (for) him. His creative recruitment business was growing and he needed stronger personnel management skills, which was an area I had spent the previous 10 years developing in my own career. We have built a common language for support and growth as a couple.

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Personally, I think it would be pretty awesome if all of the people who subscribe to my weekly newsletter could put $2000 towards supporting the early stage tech ecosystem in NYC. If venture funds could be supported by the local communities they invest in, you'd create a fantastic dynamic. I certainly would!

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4 Lessons learned from building a sustainable business model

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO is an avid supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ?17 We had developed considerable intellectual property in connecting spas to the internet before it was coined the Internet of Things (IoT). To develop a business model that would meet my goals of reducing climate change ( SDG No.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

We paid 10% of the normal costs for the software and that money was for software support. These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

We hadn’t even thought about having a customer support line or who would staff it. My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). Our business development discussions took longer than planned. We downsized, developed processes and found our groove.

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Incredibuild gets $140M to speed up games and other software development with distributed processing tech

TechCrunch

Incredibuild , an Israeli startup that provides a way for organizations to implement distributed computing architecture to speed up the processing needed for intensive tasks like software development by tapping into a company’s network of idle CPUs, has picked up $140 million in funding.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. Our first big institutional round was $16.5