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3 Lessons Learned from Living in Adventure Mode

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We launched in 2006 as the first full-service digital agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Middle East region. Suddenly, I found myself in a period of my life that so many entrepreneurs know all too well after an exit: I felt unsure of my “place.”. I remember asking myself questions like: Am I still an entrepreneur?

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Learn More, Grow More, Be More

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Entrepreneurs with an ongoing thirst for learning often turn to executive education programs to expand their knowledge base to tackle new challenges and opportunities. Continuing education is important, especially when you’re trying to challenge the status quo. ” What did you gain from executive education?

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. They can have some longer term impacts through educational institutions. They can’t make a place a “bitcoin city”.

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Valuation Workshop – The Art of Negotiation Between Investors and Founders

Angel Capital Association

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager As an entrepreneur and seasoned angel investor, Bill Payne understands the critical importance of education to make well-informed decisions that determine the success or failure of a startup. In 1971, Bill founded Solid State Dielectrics, Inc., He sold the company to E. DuPont in 1982.

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Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

TechCrunch

Cowboy Ventures works with a wide range of startups, from modern enterprise-oriented companies like Guild Education and Lightstep to new consumer digital native brands like Dollar Shave Club and Tally. He is a Rock Fellow at Harvard Business School and sits on the Entrepreneur Board at New York University. Rich Wong , partner at Accel.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Irony, hey?). Crazy, huh?

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