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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. It makes me want to quit venture capital entirely. I continue to emphasize that as an investor today.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

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It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. 406 Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on Series A investing, says the schools are a huge advantage for Boston. Greg Dracon, a partner at.406

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Top Ann Arbor Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

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Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Workit Health. So they created Workit Health. We’re excited to see what Honesti does in 2021.

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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

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Coworking is significantly impacting the industry and real estate insiders are not going to sit back and wait for it to go away. Our 2019 megatrends also predicted the continued rise of real estate brands as well as the proliferation of joint venture deals and management agreements. Health and Wellness.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures. Dror Nahumi , partner, Norwest Venture Partners. Sharin Fisher , partner, Fort Ross Ventures. Tal Slobodkin , partner, StageOne Ventures . DevOps, martech, digital health.

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Impact Hub Bergen: Where History Meets Innovation

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Silje had a vision for a space that would invite interactions between unlikely allies in the name of creativity and innovation. The coworking space opened its doors in September 2011, as the first of its kind in Norway. It was founded by Silje Grastveit, an alumni of the renowned Kaospilot programme in Denmark.

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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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Colleges and universities provide the connective tissue necessary to build the ecosystem, and the care and feeding an ecosystem needs for its health and sustainability over time,” said Kate. One example was the Moonshot convening we held with Access Ventures in the past. She shared an experience she had with this in Buffalo. “We