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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011.

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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

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. This followed the firms founder Don Valentine handing leadership early to Mike Moritz and Doug Leone who then entrusted Jim Goetz. And so it goes.

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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Melinda French Gates Sets Path to Empower Women Globally

American Entrepreneurship

Leymah Roberta Gbowee , 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate and Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate. She is the co-founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan. Jacinda Ardern , the former prime minister of New Zealand who led with compassion and achieved impact.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Initialized Capital founder Garry Tan will become president and CEO of Y Combinator next year, the two organizations announced today. Tan will be taking over the role from Geoff Ralston, who has been with YC since 2011. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.”

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Visual collaboration company Miro valued at $17.5B following $400M in new funding

TechCrunch

The new capital infusion gives Miro $476 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2011 by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. And now today, the company announced its largest round to date, $400 million in a Series C that propels its valuation to $17.5 Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges.