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Announcing nextNY Fellows: An Innovation Community Leadership Initiative

This is going to be BIG.

I think that we've done a decent job with that, and we have a number of examples of individuals who have used it as a leadership platform, but it isn't as much of a leader factory as I had hoped. Here's what they will get: - A $500 stipend for 2011 to be used on leadership development. The details of this program are below.

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Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman Talk with Lindel Eakman about Transitioning Leadership at a VC Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). And so it goes.

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How Business Can Revitalize a Community After Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Ryota Saito left his home in Tokyo on 11 March 2011, he expected a typical day as a Microsoft employee. From 2011 to 2013, he worked with Microsoft to distribute PCs to hard-hit areas. From Crisis, Opportunity. Out of this crisis came a new business opportunity.

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B2B Game Changers: How to Discover a Distinct Advantage and Become a Market Leader

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Opportunities to Innovate: Addressing Challenging B2B Customer Experiences through Digital Products. While demographics, personas and psychographics may provide helpful information about customer preference, those things alone won’t point to the best opportunities for innovation. Identify the Jobs to Be Done. Choose Your Focus.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Tan will be taking over the role from Geoff Ralston, who has been with YC since 2011. Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012.

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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

Entrepreneurs' Organization

.” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno.

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7 Business Podcasts You Should Subscribe To

Smart Hustle Magazine

Elite Entrepreneurs got its official start as a standalone company in 2018, but the Elite Forum was created inside of Infusionsoft in December of 2011. The Entre Leadership podcast is one branch of EntreLeadership, which includes events, coaching, and several forms of leadership training. EntreLeadership Podcast .