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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

Entrepreneurs' Organization

But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. How will she handle the pressure?

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Join a CEO peer group. If you are in a peer group with other CEOs , it’s much easier to get perspective on what’s happening to you. Sometimes, you don’t feel comfortable describing your fears and frustrations to your cofounders or investors on your board, but a peer group allows you to do this in a safe way.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. They had a viral promotional technique that encouraged your friends to download their app to watch a video they posted and a channel (Facebook) that was trying to grow its video audience. It’s worth a quick read. This will fail.

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Adopting a Digital Mindset

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Sensing the need to offer EO news and peer-written content “in members’ pockets,” we set in motion a months-long process to outline, execute and distribute the digital equivalent of our magazine. Fueling a large part of our efforts this year is the adoption of a digital mindset, specifically when it comes to publications.

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Anthony Levandowski’s latest moonshot is a peer-to-peer telecom network powered by cryptocurrency

TechCrunch

The peer-to-peer open source wireless network called Pollen Mobile will incentivize its users with cryptocurrency to run their own mini cell towers and build out the network’s coverage in the Bay Area where the service is initially launching.

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Venture Outlook 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Cendana founder Michael Kim was amongst the earliest and certainly the most focused LP to spot the changes in venture capital leading to seed stage funds and has backed many of the best in the industry so it’s always a pleasure to come and share thoughts with all of these great peers. Boom and bust. Are LPs to blame? None of these.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. The Importance of Twitter.