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Leading Leaders: 5 Insights from 5 Years with EO (that can help you, too)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It is a time that has tested many of us. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. These are lessons I have learned, thanks to all of you. Each possesses the unique traits of entrepreneurship.

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DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise

TechCrunch

DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Each industry stage will also feature partner sessions , where TechCrunch partners get the spotlight to share their POV on their sector directly to an audience of their peers. Fintech Stage: Digs into the evolution of monetary exchanges across DeFi, challenger banks, blockchain, NFTs and web3. Sessions will include Google and Citizen Lab.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. the free YC Startup School courses).

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How public markets can help address venture capital’s limitations

TechCrunch

It can foist artificial time constraints on investors and force them to focus their deal flow into particular stages for fund-construction reasons. British venture capital firm Draper Esprit recently moved its listing from the AIM to the main board in London, the LSE. But the model is not perfect. And yet we can’t come up with a single U.S.

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“One Thing You Wish People Better Understood About Venture Capital” – Part V, featuring Ethan Kurzweil, Lily Lyman, Ashley Mayer, and Leshika Samarasinghe.

Hunter Walk

It takes time (as in decades, not years) to learn the art of opportunity identification and hone one’s individual style for engaging founders. There are many ways to make (and lose) money in this asset class, to construct a portfolio, to source and win investments, and to help (or not) founders build companies.

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Racing Against Time: Why Scientists May Use AI ‘Research Assembly Lines’

HPA

Addressing this issue is crucial to seize significant opportunities. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly outpacing scientific research due to the latter’s inherent limitations. Failure to do so may result in the United States falling behind scientists from other countries.