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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Nicholas Giraldo

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Army from 1999 to 2003. I am passionate about strengthening the community through entrepreneurship and working towards building a thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem throughout the state. An ecosystem builder is a connector, a systems thinker, an inclusive collaborator, and a champion for the community.

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Three Often Overlooked Benefits of Joining a Peer Group of Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As the founder of Poe Group Advisors , a company that has been facilitating the sale and transfer of accounting firms since 2003, Brannon is no stranger to connecting people and growing an organization. Getting plugged into the local business community has been an eye-opening and extremely positive experience.”

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world.

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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

Both Sides of the Table

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. Thank you to Hamet Watt for being such a positive leader in the African American community?—?I

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For Those Recently Laid Off From Google, Leaving Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Identity.

Hunter Walk

Google was about 1,000 people when I started in 2003, which means last week’s layoffs were more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire company I’d originally joined. High performers and culture carriers for years — terminated via email and without the opportunity to celebrate their time with their teams.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

2003 / Great service really does win business. It shows up everywhere: how you greet people in your office , how your website looks, how your physical office looks, and even how you and your employees show up in the community. What would our culture look like? Our offering? How many employees would we have? Our benefits?

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A look at six new funds begs the question: Is a slowdown really coming?

TechCrunch

Whether we will see as dramatic a correction in the next few years as we did in 2001 to 2003, however, is anyone’s guess.”. “If Lerner said this point in time feels like the period between March and December 2000, “when public technology stock prices dropped dramatically and there was little apparent impact on venture capital fundraising.