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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

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Welcome to Social Media Week --the one week out of the year where we get to tweet and blog about social media! Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. Bootstrapping a community from zero users. Hopefully, you can find a way in to some of these events as most are sold out.

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

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But also know that with perseverance, a supportive community, and strategic thinking, it is possible to navigate the journey and emerge victorious. He is committed to fostering an informed, engaged investment community, aligning business growth with investor education. and more articles from the EO blog.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. Don’t get me wrong--the mental and emotional well-being of startup employees is a serious issue.

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Our Newest Project Octane: “A Path to Purpose”

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HOW HAS THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTED YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY? When I learned there was a community where people who couldn’t help defying the status quo supported one another, I was relieved. I remember walking into my house after my first Forum experience in 2009. PoL ALSO HELPED YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

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How the Entrepreneurial Mindset is Empowering Lives Through Organ Donation

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As the EO member leader who coined the EO term “insta-macy” to describe the immediate connection EOers feel when engaged with the EO community, Dave experienced the most profound form of insta-macy through Mark’s living liver donation. “I Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009.

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How to Fill a Building Full of Tech and Startup People

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When I was camping out in the Ace Hotel back in 2009 before First Round had an office, I took meetings with 3-5 people a day, 4-5 days a week, for 7 months. Food brings communities together and is a major factor in terms of someone's enjoyment of a work situation--especially startup and creative tenants. This includes coffee.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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.” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table?” You remember what 2009 was like, right?

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