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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. I keynoted.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

When Troy and Lady Gaga were introduced the market had been in a free fall from the financial crisis of 2007-09 and Troy had had some setbacks professionally while Lady Gaga was sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in West Virginia, having just been dropped by Def Jam Records. She was disruptive. Same with Gaga.

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Four Ways Business Owners Can Attract New Employees and Retain Existing Talent

Smart Hustle Magazine

Hold team meetings, team building events, and outside the office team meals and group activities that encourage employees to bond and reawake their networking muscles. At our business, we promote an overall mission of “Driving Growth for All” That means for our customers, our employees, and our community.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. The program was born out of the passion for and expertise around sustainable food among the Impact Hub King’s Cross community. Networks for change. It happened without us realizing at the time. Feeding the City. Photo: Kina Mama.

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. I built communities, ran 100’s of events, and met thousands and thousands of amazing people along the way.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Tech companies of the last few decades have largely focused on industries that can easily be networked and analyzed as a bit-stream (media, finance, etc).