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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. Pitch perfect, you might think. But first, let’s go back to the beginning.

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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. Pitch perfect, you might think. But first, let’s go back to the beginning.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

S3 Ventures founder and managing director Brian Smith notes that when he started the firm in 2005, venture capital in Texas was finally starting to recover from the dot.com bust. Miller co-founded Spot Insurance , a health insurance tech startup, in 2017. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”.

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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

I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. And that to me is a roll up of just fundamental company health, but it’s complicated. ” Tomasz Tunguz: Great sales pitch, please come do this. She’s got an English degree and an MBA. And I joined as a customer support rep. Claire Hughes Johnson : Yeah.

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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. It was woman-owned, which I liked, and I went through my pitch with Lisa. Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership. www.harpercollinsleadership.com. Fruit extract.

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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. Call me when you’re ready to leave.” “Dude, we saw a bunch of those last year. Sorry, brah.”

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