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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Nicholas Giraldo

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Army from 1999 to 2003. Culture change away from the old economic development models and adopting an ecosystem approach that is people- and community-centric. A bit of my background: I am born and raised in Wyoming and served as a paratrooper in the U.S.

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e-con Systems Secures $13M Funding for Global Expansion Led by GR2022 Holdings

American Entrepreneurship

Founded by Ashok Babu Kunjukannan, Harishankkar Subramanyam, and Maharajan Veerabahu in 2003, e-con Systems partners with key sensor makers like Sony, Onsemi and Omnivision, and lens makers like Commonlands and Corning, and ISP partners like NVIDIA and Socionext. For more information on e-con Systems, please visit their website at www.e-consystems.com.

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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. We decided we want a chapter culture that strives for business growth and plenty of time to enjoy our families and life.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

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. McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking.

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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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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. We believe that diverse teams produce diversity of thought and that this leads to better decisions and outcomes.

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The Types Of Startups That Exist Today

Feedough

A social startup is a high-growth disruptive business dedicated to solving social, cultural, or environmental issues. Unicorn: A unicorn is a startup company founded after 2003, that has a current valuation of more than $1 billion. However, some others have different motivation and are categorised into three different types.

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