Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 24, 2019

Utilizing the often-untapped resource of a mentor can make a huge difference in your professional development and ultimately your success. When seeking a mentor, be intentional- look for someone who can offer you valuable, even critical, feedback, advice, and open doors for you to new opportunities to advance your career.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave. “I One of Neish’s other main priorities moving forward is mentorship.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They believe everyone’s advice. Entrepreneurs often struggle because they listen to others’ advice instead of their instincts. Learn leadership and management skills, so you don’t waste valuable time on employee churn and the hiring process. That’s a sign of strong leadership. Everyone has opinions. My rule of thumb?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shared some of his thoughts about building a sturdy leadership team and drafted a thorough checklist for entrepreneurs who are putting a crew together. His initial advice? Are you even the best choice for CEO? “Investors love founder-CEOs, and founders are often fantastic candidates for this role.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

How has YLAI helped your organization grow and develop? I have formed great friendships and mentorships and acquired entrepreneurial knowledge that has helped my organization. What advice would you give to YLAI Network members? We were contacted by people in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, the Philippines, and Europe.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Ximena Aleman is co-founder and chief business development officer at Prometeo , an open banking platform that serves Latin America. My first piece of advice is to leverage your own community and support network, especially any mentors and role models you may have, to introduce you to potential investors. Ximena Aleman. Contributor.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2023

They may struggle with key aspects of business such as fundraising, marketing, and leadership, and, as a result, they either need too much time to launch or never launch at all. Weak leadership skills Product founders are often so focused on the product that they neglect to develop their leadership skills.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. There, she leads the Black Founders Development Program , launched just in September. Black Founders Development Program. The Accenture Ventures Black Founders Development Program aims to change that.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Get started!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

These are women who have fought against all odds, made a mark in the business world and crafted their own brands of leadership. The transition from one year to another seems like a perfect time to say thank you to these 10 women entrepreneurs whom I have had the pleasure of meeting and learning from.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2018

This group has it all – not only do they offer forums and personal advice on a national scale, the organization also sponsors local chapters with their own meetings and amenities. On top of that, there are personal mentorship opportunities and huge networking events. There are even great healthcare options for members.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2019

From the conference, I got a vibe of great ideas that had not been tested or developed. Getting help from business partners, boards of directors or investors is always going to be loaded, as they have a vested interest in the decisions and advice they give. I simply started offering my services while saving and building.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

LinkedIn doesn’t have to be just a recruitment or lead-generation tool – but can be a great resource for people looking to keep up with the latest trends and developments in certain business areas. If you’re time-poor, and keen to fit more learning into the time you have available, you can try listening at an increased speed – 1.2x

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses. Pocketnest was founded by a woman, Jessica Willis, who is a fantastic mentor to local founders. Apply now to Pocketnest.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Garrett built Twitter’s communications team and helped the company develop a marketing, public affair and government relations strategy. “What’s really changed profoundly is that comms is now in that kind of leadership structure, more and more. Over 200 people are in the community to date.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Before, I explored other leadership and management trainings, but many of the people were experienced in the corporate world, so there wasn’t a lot of opportunity for development. If someone really wants to give you advice, they raise their hand and ask if it’s okay—and often, the other person says yes.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Like a VC firm, it vets the startups and startup founders it works with, so the engineers that come to Commit know that these are serious companies with at least some prospect of raising funding and allowing their engineers to shape their trajectory and grow into what is potentially an early leadership role.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I’ve definitely tried to draw out this narrative into a bunch of videos, but the basic story is that a friend of mine, who’s still a really great friend of mine who lives in New York turned me on to, he’s an Android developer, or mobile developer at large now. He’s just doing everything.

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