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Hint Founder Kara Goldin Says When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Just Get Started

StartupNation

Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership. That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. One day in September 2004, I realized that I had learned enough and had confidence enough to make my vision a reality. www.harpercollinsleadership.com. You’re smart.

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From Employee to Owner: How I Bought My Business

StartupNation

It is possible to embrace entrepreneurship without starting a new business. In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. I met and presented formally with Intuit leadership. Six months after the presentation, Intuit’s leadership came to me to suggest I present the options for divestiture.

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Want to double your rate of return? Seek counsel from experienced executives

TechCrunch

When it comes to measuring leadership experience, information about an individual executive’s experience — for example, how long they’ve been an exec — is publicly available. exchange or an exit via M&A from 2004-2019. But could a variable like relevant leadership experience actually accelerate the time to exit?

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

So, in trying to understand the factors that lead to successful entrepreneurship, should we continue to fixate on certain character traits being one of them if the research cannot conclude anything concrete? Personal strengths and weaknesses are hugely relevant to each individuals journey to effective entrepreneurial leadership.

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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. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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

David Teten VC

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”.

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