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

Paul G. Silva

” List all possible causes of that failure Identify the most dangerous factors Develop mitigation strategies immediately This process helps you see risks your optimism might otherwise blind you to. Their candid feedback revealed a stark truth: The angel investment landscape had fundamentally changed, but our model hadn’t.

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Their metals, plastics and circuit boards can be separated and reused for other products. He joined EO in 2004. James is also a visionary leader with an emphasis on people, strategy and business execution for the organizations he serves. . ATM Lifecycle Planning and Asset Management. This #EOImpact story is a true win-win-win!

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities

Revolution

As reported by Slate from a study from researchers at the University of North Carolina, “We have lost about 20 percent of local newspapers in the United States since 2004, and at least 900 communities now are without any local news source in that same time frame.” It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most. Lastly, all politics is local.

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Volta Labs grabs $20 million to address a growing genomics bottleneck

TechCrunch

In 2013, Illumina acquired Advanced Liquid Logic, a company founded in 2004 that had already been working on applying digital microfluidics to prep work for Next Generation DNA sequencing. The rapidly accelerating genomics industry may have room for Volta to climb on board. He expects to have a commercial product ready in 2023.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

Peterson Institute for International Economics (2016): “There is a statistically significant positive correlation between female leadership (C-Suite and board) and net margin and gross margin company profitability”, among a global dataset of 22,000 publicly traded companies. “For Hope is not a strategy.

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As the head of Helios’ new VC arm, Wale Ayeni sees value in frontier markets

TechCrunch

Wale Ayeni , one of Africa’s well-known investors, has a new role as the head of Helios Digital Ventures, the venture capital strategy of private equity firm Helios Investment Partners, TechCrunch has learned. He was a board director at some of these startups. . It’s not early, and it’s not quite growth.

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