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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Back to Mr. Christensen, “We subsidize their education in fields for which there are no jobs” he said in referring to the fact that many courses at universities are still taught with skills that aren’t relevant to the 21st century needs of the US workforce. We had a brief chat on his views of “Freemium.”

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Twitter Delivers You 4x More Traffic Than You Think. Here’s Why …

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch (this version is slightly different). And figuring out who is referring your traffic is a very important part of determining how you allocate your marketing budgets. As in they weren’t referred by anybody. Today they’re wrong. Today they’re wrong. Terribly wrong.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

Even after Fowler’s article came to the forefront and investors Freada and Mitch Kapor broke ranks with their silent co-investors in their now-famous open letter , things didn’t get better. She was threatened by the company, yet her call for change and her callout of top investors went largely ignored. They got worse.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Take one topic and break it up into 10 bite-sized articles. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Show that you’re a thought leader. Keep the list electronically.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For example, my company, Entire Productions, has been referred to businesses by EO members, and when appropriate, we also refer business to EO member companies. and more articles from the EO blog. . EO is a non-solicit peer group, but when asked organically, we do a lot of business with each other.

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The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds

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” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. Yesterday I wrote a post about “ proprietary dealflow for VCs.”

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Talk to Your Heroes: How I Built a Virtual Board That Enhances My Decision-Making

Paul G. Silva

The Board Creation Prompt I adapted the prompt from Chris Bradley’s excellent Medium article “Create A Virtual Advisory Board with ChatGPT to Guide Your Startup Business” Customize for your own needs: Hi, ChatGPT. The process is straightforward but requires careful thought about who you want on your board and why.

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