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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Today, we’ve served more than 2,500 professionals—from startup leaders to global enterprise executives—navigating career changes, launching consulting practices, seeking board seats, or expanding their visibility. In June 2007, I applied to work for a tech startup based out of New York City’s Silicon Alley.

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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It is the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn--the city’s most exciting and creative borough. Gilt Groupe maintains a significant presence there, as does scores of creative agencies and design firms. It’s a great place to build a business--creative, less expensive, flexible, etc.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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Today’s entrepreneurs weigh in: Is entrepreneurship a lonely journey?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“The stress amplified to the point that I could no longer laugh” Keith Roberts, founder, author and speaker at OAKJournal , founder and creative director at Zenman , and a member of EO Colorado. I was running my security company and I had an Advisory Board. In 2007 I came across EO.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet. Yesterday was a Monday.

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A Crypto-Trading Uber Driver and a Billionaire's Spat over Candy - On The Importance of Sticking to Your Strategy

Tomasz Tunguz

” A few hours later, as I boarded the plane home, I read Fred Wilson’s post on Buffett and Munger’s critique of cryptocurrency investing. They said as much on page 6 of Berkshire’s 2007 shareholder letter. I like Monero, too.” Buffett and Munger aren’t technology investors.