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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. Pinterest has forever changed our consultation game. Nothing will ever replace an in-person, customized consultation where a professional can feel your hair, assess the damage and recommend the correct products for you to use. 5000 list twice! .

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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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.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

TechCrunch

Promises include: Tuva wants to become the open standard for healthcare data transformation and build the data network for multisite benchmarking and research. The company is targeting businesses to help remote workers access private networks. Promises include: Apparently, using WireGuard makes Firezone faster than its competitors.

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25 Lessons In 25 Years: Tips for Success from a Self-Made Beauty Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs' Organization

but I wanted all the luck I could get, so I consulted an astrologist named Iris. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005. Make it a priority to network, attend events, and attend lunches. Why did I choose this exact date and time? It will pay off.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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