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BE 2.0: Focus on Responsibility, Not Tasks – The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

Paul G. Silva

As I shared in a previous post , when I was president of Click Workspace, a startup coworking space, our board chairman delivered feedback that hit me hard: I wasn’t paying enough attention to our financials. Within a few months, he secured investment that extended his runway by 18 months.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. You can get just about any wealthy person to part with some small portion of their wealth to put into risky investments, but these people don't contribute back to the ecosystem. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

When covering a story of a mishandled altercation between members of The Wing that involved issues of race, Jezebel referred to The Wing as “a glossy women’s coworking space we keep having to write about.” I want every company I invest in to be a great working environment, and if it isn’t, tell me what I can do about it.

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5 Tips for Improving Your Startup Deal Flow

Onevest

Only with sufficient deal flow can investors uncover the best startup investments, and stay diversified. A Forbes study of deal pipeline for VCs and angel investor groups shows they review 87 investment opportunities before committing to 1, on average. It could be valley lawyers, members of local angel groups, and mentors.

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Protecting Your Projects: Beat Copycats and Intellectual Property Pirates

StartupNation

The internet provides many more opportunities for copyright and trademark pirates to steal products because it is so easy to digitally replicate anything from a song to an entire coaching course. Related: Practical Ways for Entrepreneurs to Protect Their Intellectual Property in Coworking Spaces. Outsmarting the bad guys.

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My Journey from GSEA Global Finalist to Digital Nomad

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Technically, I am unemployed and homeless, working on my next business from a coworking space in Bali. All of these experiences are directly tied to the opportunity of competing in GSEA, joining EO Accelerator, and ultimately becoming a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. nothing else even comes close to second place.

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Bitwise Industries lands $80M to expand its sprawling software dev business

TechCrunch

Historically, female founders have received just 12% of venture capital investment for their businesses. Olguin and Soberal’s latest venture through Bitwise is commercial real estate — the two develop and turn previously blighted buildings into coworking spaces, restaurants, theaters and more.