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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Rizwan Virk , author of S tartup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School. At stake is not just your own livelihood, but the livelihood of everyone who works for you. I can personally attest that it’s very easy for a startup CEO to feel alone and isolated. A startup is not a lone adventure.

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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Business Advice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Agonise over whether or not you need business partners. If you can afford it, don’t have business partners. The tenth entrepreneur without the headache is usually the one without a business partner. For me, not having a business partner is one less problem. Your job is to find where the other person’s sweet spots are.

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7 Surprising Things I Learned from EO GSEA Studentrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

– Roxana Shershin, US East Regional GSEA Expert Need to reignite your entrepreneurial spark? GSEA is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. Are you an EO member interested in coaching your regional team of student entrepreneurs as part of Season 3 of Start it Up? Apply today.

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Life After Exit: How To Rebrand Yourself From Business Owner to Coach

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As entrepreneurs, we tend to view the exit of our businesses as the ultimate North Star. I remember reading a Harvard Business Review article in which the author shared that, after congratulating him on his exit, his mentor followed up with, “Now get ready for a depression.”

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My So very few investors want Business Plans any more.

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Wilco gamifies your path through your software engineering career

TechCrunch

Israeli startup Wilco describes itself as “an immersive upskilling platform for software developers,” and snuck out of stealth this week with its first public version, and a stash-box with $7 million worth of fresh seed funding. Wilco’s various quests help you through your developer journey.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars).