Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 15, 2020

When training other teachers, it is important for Alex to convey and encourage the same level of energy and passion that motivated him to start this school. His advice to YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community is to really work hard to get to know their community first.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. If you figure out how to 10X the success of difficult conversations, you can 10X the productivity, culture, and profitability of your company. Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Throughout, Jaleh shares advice about acquisitions as a growth strategy and evolving your product with AI. 36:30 - Do you have cautionary advice on how to think about using technologies like GPT-3 and DALL-E for founders dabbling in AI? 38:40 - What advice do you have for founders in terms of leveraging OpenAI, GPT-3, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s a short read (or eight hours on Audible) filled with practical advice on building and running a startup or established business. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Founding and growing a business means you spend a lot of mental energy analyzing the past (lessons learned, mistakes and successes) and planning for the future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

The best business advice I was given was in my year 10 woodwork class by my teacher—who was teaching woodwork to boys who were both frivolous and quick to make decisions on cutting into beautiful pieces of timber. The best advice I have ever received came from one of my mentors from the US. Demi Markogiannaki—founder at WeTeachMe.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) This bass-ackwards energy policy does and will continue to produce high and rising fuel prices.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. If you figure out how to 10X the success of difficult conversations, you can 10X the productivity, culture, and profitability of your company. Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The primary reason why stress affects people in negative ways is because they don’t have the energy necessary to keep up with demands. It’s the energy deficit, not the specific stressor, which causes problems across multiple dimensions— body, mind and spirit.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

It’s impossible to overlook Rita Hansen’s passion for changing the transportation and energy industries by using compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel. To use natural gas as a transportation fuel, you have to achieve the same energy density as gasoline or diesel liquid fuel, and the way to do that is to compress the gas.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 16, 2021

A cultural shift to encourage more entrepreneurialism and risk taking is a tough nut to crack but it can be and is being cracked. Imagine the energy, ambition and outcomes this would generate. New Zealand desperately need the high value jobs, wealth and talent this would generate and attract. So how do we get there? CAPABILITY.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EverActive’s battery-free wireless sensors are powered from harvested energy and deliver continuous cloud-based analytics via solutions built upon advances in ultra-low-power circuit design and wireless communication. It also just won the Digiday Worklife Award for Most Collaborative Culture. EverActive. and the world. Duo Security.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. There were cultural challenges across the board. Sweeping the issues under the rug and they will fester and pop out down the road when you have invested even more time, money and energy in your businesses.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. On September 30, 2020, the long-term employees acquired the business, ensuring a bright future for many years to come. Get started!

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As Our Colleague Kate Stern Departs Homebrew To Go Back to Company Building, Here’s Her Advice. I’d moved out for Homebrew after nearly ten years in New York, and the east coast / west coast culture shock is real! That passion and energy is so fun to be around — I’m thankful to all the founders who let us come along for the ride.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 9, 2018

Chetan’s energy and devotion, his capacity to listen and to provide crisp, well reasoned advice set him apart in that elusive way that leads him to be a CEO’s first phone call.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Start with your own judgment, but don’t hesitate to ask for advice from a seasoned investor. Major universities, like Stanford and MIT, are flush with smart people from all cultures, many of whom would bring a whole new energy and creativity to your startup. Start the search with business networking. Talk to people at work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

By Marissa Levin, CEO of Successful Culture and EO Baltimore member. To perform at a level of greatness, we need to commit to a higher level of energy, time, and effort than most. Warren also gave great advice for living a happy life. “Do Warren is the CEO of Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ; PSC) a $1.2 Never compare up.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It’s too simplistic to believe that cities can leave our lives, disappear from culture or bid away relevance. Maybe it’s just the way I’ve been experiencing San Francisco, but it feels like the more social energy around us is less cocky, more present.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This strategy worked for two reasons: 1) By the end of the contract, the contractors had poured weeks of energy into the work – learning the code base and investing their time – and getting to know potential coworkers. But the videos show we are excited about the candidate and also gives insight into our energetic culture.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This lesson has not only helped my business thrive but also shaped our company culture, emphasizing compassion and resilience as core values. Your energy, your focus, your enthusiasm, your strengths, and even your weaknesses are what make your business unique. My advice is to be accountable and focus on continual improvement.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

And equally damning is that the culture inside the company drifts insidiously from confidence to cautiousness. His scarcest resource was his youth and the energy he had to put into startup ventures when he has no kids, no mortgage and no major encumbrances. From pragmatic risk taking to risk aversion.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 20, 2019

This summer I had the pleasure of facilitating the 2019 Energy (CleanTech) cohort for the AccelVT accelerator in Burlington, VT. However, tht same culture is usually far too slow for startup-paced innovation. Most CleanTech companies need to interface with local utilities in order to deliver their innovations to the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. Every time I’m there I’m blown away by the renewed energy and the thriving communities that have formed around the Flatiron District, Brooklyn and elsewhere. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. I had run 2 companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works. As somebody who has seen the shift from Innovation to Systematization many times I can tell you that culturally it is very hard for organizations.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Maybe most importantly, though, having remote team members means that you can’t always pop-in and check on them or give them advice in-person whenever there’s a problem or concern. Work around energy, not hours. If you implement these eight tactics, you’ll have no problem inspiring all your teams everyday.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 9, 2020

Not only do you lose the sense of camaraderie that is often present in a team/office environment (even if only subconsciously), but you miss out on the benefits of the buzz, energy and input that great workplaces can emit. In an office environment there is also a lot of information that gets shared by osmosis. ” (“Noooooo…!”).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

In my experience, many founders have a hard time delegating, which can quickly create cultural and operational problems. Also, we’re adding a new feature to Extra Crunch Live — our guests will offer advice and feedback on pitch decks submitted by Extra Crunch members in the audience!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Howly “You choose a category where you need professional advice and type your question in the chat form. Educators (cultural institutions) and IP owners (publishers and broadcasters) can use it to create immersive games with a drag-and-drop interface that can be deployed in VR and on mobile. It raised €2.5

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

My advice is that even the senior team should set its own distinctive purpose so that it can set its own performance goals to measure itself against. You want just enough conflict to give the dialogue energy but not too much where it descends into conflict getting personal. personality, cultural background?—?and

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

Mentors can be a great addition to a startup, as they provide wisdom and advice to emerging businesses. They can also help establish the right organizational culture, guide you in making tough decisions, and help you develop your management skills. They have already made their mistakes and learned the lessons.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having to deal with the culture entrenched with the decision-makers and having to dissolve the old way of thinking in order to utilize best practices of the past and integrate these practices into forward-thinking methodologies. I’m already a busy person, some days having the time and energy to get everything done can be overwhelming.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? There are a lot of great developers in Prague, good energy and enough success stories and role models to follow.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In this conversation with a16z’ Vijay Pande, she discusses how an LLM for cells could revolutionize drug discovery and how to bridge the technological and cultural divide between building with atoms and building with bits. [00:32] How do you build that culture? 00:32] Why life sciences? [03:23] We have a list of company values.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. ME/ “Commit to culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

You’re suddenly free to focus your energies elsewhere. It’s your job to give people enough space to flourish without conflict, resolve conflicts when they do occur, encourage your team members to perform at their best and set the culture by which they ultimately treat their colleagues and staff. Sometimes this is heat.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s like forming a band; you need the right mix of talents, attitudes, and energies to make great music. This experience inspired the creation of Innovative Wellness Consultants and Quantum Energy Wellness Center, ventures I co-founded with my sister. My advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is to embrace your diverse interests.

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