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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. As I’m fond of saying, “It’s pretty hard to call yourself ‘Upfront’ and then seem like you’re playing games with entrepreneurs.” Authenticity. We can be blunt.

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

This is going to be BIG.

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. What are the most significant education technology trends of 2010 and beyond?

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10 Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Inspired Me—and Will Inspire You!

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The transition from one year to another seems like a perfect time to say thank you to these 10 women entrepreneurs whom I have had the pleasure of meeting and learning from. I have met so many inspirational women entrepreneurs in the past year, and this was a difficult list to make! Kendra Scott : Designer, CEO and Philanthropist.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

Revolution

Mayors and other policymakers have a vested interest in this question, but so do the many entrepreneurs I’ve talked to who want to not only grow, but to represent and empower the place where their company resides. That raises the question: How does a young company evolve to become a tentpole of a local economy? as do manufacturing workers.

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Authenticity is your core strength – Fujin Tree Group Founder Jay Wu talks about taking local brands overseas

AsiaTechDaily

It turns out Wu’s trajectory in bridging Japanese culture and that of his home country of Taiwan was set well before he got into the restaurant business. In 2010, he introduced Beams, a leading Japanese fashion brand, to Taiwan. This will help to decrease the number of missteps along with speed up your understanding of the culture.

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Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Revolution

During the early recovery, however, VC-backed M&A rebounded and skyrocketed: Annual deal values eclipsed $30 billion in 2010, holding steady before ballooning above $70 billion in 2014. To accomplish this, entrepreneurs should answer the following three questions in preparation for buyers to come knocking: How scalable are my systems?

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