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Stack Today, Stack Tomorrow

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Our community members and volunteer moderators handled almost two million flags to keep inaccurate, abusive, unwelcoming, or inappropriate content off the site and in line with our updated Code of Conduct. Our portfolio company Stack Overflow (which I like to call Stack) is an Internet Treasure. Wikipedia is an Internet Treasure.

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Reverse Engineering a Career

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This can apply to most jobs--save for things like coding and design that tend to be more hard skill based. I run into a lot of people trying to switch careers and join a startup. They're trying to get product positions and marketing jobs in particular, but they don't have any prior experience. It's a solvable problem.

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What entrepreneurs need to know about unconscious bias

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

By Jewelle Saunders. Prioritizing an equitable workforce is one of the critical factors that grow an organization to be more successful. Businesses have a healthier workforce, higher productivity and greater profitability when focusing on equity, diversity and inclusion. Factors such as unconscious bias can be a prominent barrier to this growth.

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Together We Grow: 11 Expert tips for scaling a SaaS business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For example, existing middleware can connect your software and payment process, so you don’t have to spend time and effort rewriting code that someone else has already written. Train your sales team to perform customer discovery, and conduct frequent debriefs to unearth nuggets of truth that could open up larger markets for your product.

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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – COO, VP of Business Development, Online Marketing Director

This is going to be BIG.

Your interview will, in fact, be conducted by a scientist. If you know of senior level business and technical professionals looking for exciting startup opportunities, they can sign up here: [link]. Correction: Last week's CTO position at Modcloth is actually a San Francisco opportunity, not Pittsburgh. Wooden blocks. Erector Set.

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What makes a good leader: Insight from YLAI Fellows

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Set standards, have clear consequences, and most importantly, reflect our code of conduct daily. While we know the L in YLAI stands for “leaders,” do we know what our leaders in YLAI stand for? What makes a good leader? Abbigale Loncke, Founder of MBW Energy Support Services , responded to this question. “A Reward principles.

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Three choices to make this International Anti-Corruption Day

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

By Kaelyn Vitale . According to Transparency International’s 2019 Latin America Barometer , 77% of survey respondents in Latin America and the Caribbean are ready and willing to tackle corruption. In Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Bahamas, over 80% believed that ordinary citizens can make a difference in fighting corruption.

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