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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included.

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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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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Janice Burch , Executive Career Coach, Co-owner, Pro Resume Center, LLC Adapting to Changing Market Dynamics: 12 Stories of Resilient Startups Burnout Sparks Digital Health Innovation My journey of career reinvention wasn’t born out of ambition—it was born out of burnout. Everyone at the time was saying, “Work for your passion!”

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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. It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation.

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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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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

So Fox ludicrously set up a quasi internal innovation center called Slingshot Labs. The goal was to create innovations outside of MySpace and then MySpace would acquire them at pre-agreed prices based on how well they performed. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. Enter Facebook.

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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016.