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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

The best companies and cultures seem to have figured out this balance over time despite scale – but it is hard. It definitely required patience (and often self control), but the sheer volume of problems to be solved in startups allows for lots of opportunities to grow and take on stuff which is not in your direct domain.

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The Secret to Engaging Gen Z Employees

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Gen Z wants both constructive skills-based feedback as well as personal check-ins. Additionally, while Gen Z definitely wants feedback on their job performance, they also crave personal interaction. What Kind of Feedback Does Gen Z Want? For Gen Z, having a boss that’s also a friend or mentor is key to engagement.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options. Measures to change mindsets.

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10 years, 10 moments with Gabriela Gandel

Impact Hub

Here are 10 impactful moments that led us to become the largest global network that supports social entrepreneurs and innovators. And, looking now at 102 Impact Hubs across 60 countries and 24.000 entrepreneurs and innovators supported, it looks like we were right to believe so. Practice Academy definition meeting, Milan 2011.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

Shelly Porges, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond the Billion , observed, “While we all want to have invested in those exciting home-runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios. percent of those surveyed had earned bachelor’s degrees, and 47 percent had more advanced degrees.”

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6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021

TechCrunch

This is not a fight I choose to fight, mainly for my sanity, but because most of us (and I mostly speak for myself here) have to conform to speak and portray ourselves in a way that makes us is less threatening to the “bro” culture to be seen in the same light. This, for me, means relying on my male founder friends to vet for me to investors.

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In the Vault: Finding a Single Source of AI Truth With Marty Chavez From Sixth Street

Andreessen Horowitz

This must be true” And he said, “We’ll construct a BioChem major just for you, and we’ll emphasize simulation. It said, “I’ve been asked to make a list of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley with PhDs in computer science from Stanford, and you are on my list.” And I thought, “Wow. Marty: Yes.