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Resilience in Entrepreneurship is the X Factor for Success

American Entrepreneurship

Most importantly, their approach increases their chances of success because they view failure as an opportunity to learn. Peer communities (online forums, founder groups, Slack channels) provide shared experiences and emotional validation. Successful entrepreneurs have a mindset that enables them to move past failure.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? Reader beware.).

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

A: It is an honour to step into this role and have the opportunity to build on the legacy of our past decade and help forge the next one – given the urgent need we now have in the world for sustainable solutions. We’re excited to share that Tatiana Glad joins the Impact Hub global team as our new Executive Director. Why this role?

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STEM funding boosts state’s economy

Innovation 2 Enterprise

This is a transformational opportunity that we as a state can address. At this moment, if we want to seize the opportunity, we need to invest in these activities that advance the application of our state’s research and development to local companies that create high paying jobs. Not seizing opportunity hurts us all.