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Why Your Startup is More Likely to Succeed if You’re Authentic and Passionate

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Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose. Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

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Why Startups Need a Well Articulated Strategy (And How to Think About Yours)

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I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! My take on his argument is this: 1. ” True.

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Why Productivity Paranoia is the Real Obstacle to Remote Work

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Even before Covid, peer-reviewed research demonstrated that remote work improved productivity. Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? A recent Microsoft study found that 49 percent of managers of hybrid workers “struggle to trust employees to do their best work.” Not at all.

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Mistakes I made as a first-time manager

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Time definitely flies! Half of them were former peers who worked with me—daily, side by side. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein. It’s almost hard to believe that I have been managing teams for more than 15 years. The pattern often goes like this: 1. It’s a dangerous game to play.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts. I think Dave has blogging Tourettes Syndrome when he hears the word VC. Through this process he raised $2 million. It worked like a charm.

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What Plinko Can Tell Us About Where to Post

This is going to be BIG.

In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. You shouldn’t post any content that you wouldn’t create if you knew no one would see it. I think of tweets like I think of Dad jokes.

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EO Members Reflect on Coaching GSEA Global Finalists for ‘Start It Up’ Season 3

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Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local, national, and regional competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals. Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local, national, and regional competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals.