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Resilience in Entrepreneurship is the X Factor for Success

American Entrepreneurship

Strategies to Build Mental Toughness Entrepreneurial resilience isn’t something you either have or don’t—it’s a mindset you can develop over time. Peer communities (online forums, founder groups, Slack channels) provide shared experiences and emotional validation. This is entrepreneurial resilience!

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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. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. But I loved reading them and so did my team. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. If investors complained about Wall Street 80 years ago, they’re howling now.

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, just as the path seemed paved with success, an unforeseen twist of fate — the 2008 global financial crisis — caused the market to collapse and sales to plummet. These injustices ignited Justinus’s drive to take action and create a profound and lasting impact on his country. You solve a problem by taking action.

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15 Years of Founders’ Co-op

Founders Coop

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6