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BE 2.0: Self-Correction is Vital – Recognizing When Change is Needed

Paul G. Silva

I called both current and former members to understand what was and wasn’t working. Their candid feedback revealed a stark truth: The angel investment landscape had fundamentally changed, but our model hadn’t.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

King has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters in Audiology and founded her own audiology business in 2004. Recently, NZ Defence awarded Starboard a contract to improve NZ’s maritime awareness with immediate use across multiple government agencies.

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

From 2000 to 2004, I held jobs that allowed me to travel the country. Everyone at the time was saying, “Work for your passion!” ” And I was thinking, “My passion gets me in trouble. I have to get curious.” ” So, that is what I did.

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How the New York City innovation community can still lose (and what you can do about it)

This is going to be BIG.

I remember hearing that a New York City venture fund was raising money in 2004 and almost skipping the meeting, because New York wasn’t a viable place to deploy that much capital—it was a small blip in the past. From an infrastructure perspective, we’re a lot better off than we were before.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. In fact, my history with Rob and Backupify goes back almost ten years, well before the idea of cloud backup was ever a glimmer in anyone''s eye. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. (PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. Reader beware.). Open Government. Election years tend to be good for technology diffusion.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. Good when you’re testing and trying to learn the initial findings – is this a real business/good investor business, concept, replicable model but when you do let it go and GET BIG FAST.

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