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Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Wellesley High School, 2012. In 2012, he delivered a 12-minute commencement speech at Wellesley High School, in one of the most affluent towns in America. The post Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates appeared first on. Here are a few of my favorites that fit this bill. David McCullough Jr., David McCullough Jr.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. They’re nice enough to send me the board decks, but that’s about all the engagement I have at this point because I didn’t have a big enough fund to maintain my position.

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Ramon's 2020 Holiday Party: Small Business Advice from Industry Experts

Smart Hustle Magazine

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. He left WSJ in 2012 and started Brian Moran and Associates. Awesome small business advice!

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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective

TechCrunch

It’s a vital question, and it’s why we’ve invited three investors — who we think know their stuff — to share their insight and advice on the TechCrunch+ stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. .

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No Limits: Looking Back with GSEA Finalist Carlos Rivas

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The company was born from a board game—literally paper and cardboard game—project in university. As a businessman, I learned to accept advice from other people with more experience.

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In This Market, It’s a Great Time for a Mutual “Try Before You Buy”

Hunter Walk

80–90% of startups shouldn’t follow the advice I’m about to give. Looking back I wrote something in 2012 about generally getting beyond the interview. Once done, the exec team and board will take a look and make a decision. Why Some Smart Startups Are Putting (Paid) Projects Ahead of Employment Offers.

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Found comes out of stealth with $32M in funding, former Bumble exec as its new CEO

TechCrunch

And it does it by combining advice from clinicians, a community of others going through the same process and “prescription interventions” when deemed necessary. During that process, she was battling Stage 3 breast cancer — doing drafts of the S-1 from a chemo chair and sending it to the board the morning of her double mastectomy.