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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes. It was an opportunity to generate significant returns, momentum for rising startup markets, and innovation that would strengthen America’s dynamism and competitiveness.

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Hannah’s Journey. Why She’s Franchising Her Art and Party Studio

Smart Hustle Magazine

What we’ll do, Hannah, if it’s okay with you, why don’t we jump into about franchise ism or franchise ship? But when somebody owns their own business, I feel like then their heart and soul go into it, so I thought that there would be a much more successful outcome. Ramon Ray: I love that.

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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

On the other hand, Oxfam Novib, launched its first investment fund in 1996, and has since 2015, provided SMEs with access to finance through its Impact SME Development (iSME) program. The impact investor launched its second fund last year, the $154 million UMunthu II, and currently has over € 310 million under management.

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The tension between predictability and creativity

Tomasz Tunguz

At first blush I thought it was a trivial semantic difference, a New York-ism, but over time I’ve come to realize this word choice marks a significant difference that manifests itself in culture, product and go to market. Never the company, the startup or any other word.

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The Doom Loop

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Not sure what economic “ism” you would file this policy option under– but it might be the one that starts with an “S,” and not a “C”. These negative real rates allowed the USG to inflate away the debt incurred to win the war. YCC is the end game.

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Experiments in music and life

Derek Sivers

But I’m not going to buy into an -ism and follow a set of ancient rules. I’m not an active musician anymore, but now I find that the way I approached music is the way I approach life. After I sold my company and life was a blank slate, I found that having too much freedom was overwhelming. So instead I do experiments.

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A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee

Entrepreneur's Handbook

All the dominant economic “-isms” assume never ending growth. That is a philosophical question, and your “ism” belief system will inform your view on who should bear the losses from wasteful economic activity. The future leads to ruin, and we just have to wait it out.