article thumbnail

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. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? Reader beware.).

article thumbnail

Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What stood out to Megan was that EO encourages and values diverse opinions while cultivating a culture of trust that gives members the opportunity to develop in a peer-to-peer learning style with true transparency. Learn more about EO today! Megan attributes much of her growth and success as an entrepreneur to EO.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Tory Burch Foundation Fellowship Program is Accepting Applications

Smart Hustle Magazine

The entrepreneurs will get to participate in virtual programming that’s been custom-tailored to meet the needs of businesses during COVID-19, receive access to an online network of 130+ peers, $5K for education, and much more. But attaining the right resources, funds, and support can be an uphill battle. www.guidantfinancial.com.

article thumbnail

Skip the Slides: Drive Faster & Better Decisions with a Memo

Reforge

Or maybe for my elder millennial peers out there, it’s Melanie Griffith typing away on a real-life 80’s typewriter in Working Girl ? as a secret weapon to help me: Clarify my idea or argument, Engage my audience (peers, leaders, or execs), and Lead the group to a clear outcome (usually an approval). They’re alive and well.

article thumbnail

Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to do Better

Surdna Foundation

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. If you’re like us, you probably thought, “Why didn’t anyone tell me?” The truth is that it’s tricky to give honest feedback to the people who give out grants. Yet we all know that honest feedback is essential to improve our work. Here’s what we heard and how we plan to do better.

funders 36
article thumbnail

Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tomasz Tunguz

Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. We’re excited to continue the Month of Scale here for Redpoint Office Hours. I’m Travis Bryant. Excited to be back emceeing. Excited to be back emceeing. That was the start of the Month of Scale. And now onto our guest.

article thumbnail

The Challenge Facing Deep-Learning Powered Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

I’m ranked lower than my peers at work: why? I’m ranked lower than my peers at work: why? Jeff Bezos used the Five Whys in 2004 to investigate why a conveyor belt had injured a worker. This was a frequent questions both advertisers and publishers asked of Google. The problem isn’t limited to a few marketers.