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2 Hours in Positano that Changed My Life

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Aaron Lee, founder & CEO at iluma Agency. Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. Bringing my wife Lisa into the hunt, we peer over and on a terrace below us is a cobbler, handcrafting sandals out of a small box of tools and beads. Realizing the power of just one moment.

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BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk

TechCrunch

VisibleRisk, which has raised $25 million to date, says its so-called “cyber ratings” are based on cyber risk quantification, which allows companies to benchmark their cyber risk against those of their peers, and to better understand and manage the impact of cyber threats to their businesses. The investment values BitSight at $2.4

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Kate Morgan: Leadership vs. Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Kate Morgan is an EO Boston member and founder of Boston Human Capital Partners. It is critical to our development to find peers that can help us foster our personal and professional growth. They are my sounding board, and they fuel my own desire to be better.” Other times, we’re riddled with unplanned roadblocks.

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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. When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011.

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Gusto: The People Platform for SMBs

Y Combinator

There are nearly six million small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country, employing 43 million people. 1 But unlike their larger counterparts, SMBs have been ignored by service providers, who have deemed the cost of reaching and serving them too high to warrant the effort. This gap is most visible in the payroll and benefits sectors.

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Lydia raises another $86 million to build a European financial super app

TechCrunch

While Lydia wouldn’t discuss the valuation of the round, its co-founder and CEO gave me a hint. He joined Accel as a venture partner in July and he’s going to join Lydia’s board of directors. Jhawar joined payments company Braintree in 2011 as COO and CFO. Jhawar joined payments company Braintree in 2011 as COO and CFO.