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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. I’ve written about the downsides on health & relationships and about the insane emotional stresses that people don’t generally tell you about. As a startup CEO you’ll have to develop your own comfort level with what to share and with whom. Sorry, brah.”

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Newark’s Small Business Grants are Revitalizing City’s Downtown

American Entrepreneurship

For its business development program, he took two key steps. “Each of these companies bring something unique to Newark, and their collective successes will contribute to the overall vibrancy and economic health of our city.” brings years of experience in education and youth development. Jones, M.Ed.,

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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

StartupNation

Nor did I picture myself as a national advocate for health or dream of being recognized as a leading entrepreneur. I wanted to focus on my health. I got in touch with several co-packers and told them I had developed a new line of unsweetened flavored water. Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership.

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Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups

TechCrunch

Now, everyone sees Google as this huge company with endless products and expansive teams, but back in 2005 when I worked there, it didn’t seem like a megacompany. When looking at your portfolio, you’ve worked with companies in various areas, like Pexxi/Tuune in health tech, YuLife in insurtech and Andjaro in HR tech.

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SkyCell raises a $35 million series C round and enters COVID-19 vaccine distribution market

TechCrunch

SkyCell , a Swiss company developing smart containers for transporting medicines and vaccines, is announcing a significant round of funding. Essentially, SkyCell has developed a shipping container that maintains temperature, controls vibration and is outfitted with sensors that continuously report the status of the cargo.

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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

TechCrunch

The company is claiming this is the “world’s first” technology of its kind, and Daniel Russek, founder and CEO of Atarraya, told TechCrunch that Shrimpbox was an idea he got after college in 2005 when he started with a non-government organization working with fishing communities. Now armed with $3.9