Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A version of this article appeared originally on the blog of Bluetrain, Inc. , founded by Bryan Smith. Smith is a member of EO Edmonton. Plan, implement and maintain. These three steps apply to almost any aspect of a business, but they are often overlooked in web analytics. In an increasingly online world, websites are key to running a successful business.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We are very excited about open source software. Open source is a powerful distribution mechanism to get software and people’s hands early and easily. In an era where SaaS customer acquisition cost increases monotonically , open source can be a powerful antidote. The other area that we are spending time in is open source at the application tier.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

I am sitting in the airport lounge in Geneva waiting to board an airplane. I am here because yesterday was the inaugural Libra Association member council meeting. The Libra Association is a Swiss organization which will operate the Libra blockchain network and the Libra reserve. Yesterday was an important milestone for the Libra project. We adopted the initial charter for the Libra Association, we elected the initial five board members, and we set in motion a number of important initiatives. 

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Longliv Ventures, the consumer digital health fund, has announced the completion of a US $10 million strategic investment in Sight Diagnostics, a cutting-edge company that’s transforming point-of-care diagnostics. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in The Fast Mode] CK Hutchison’s Longliv Ventures Invests $10m in Biotech AI Startup Sight Diagnostics appeared first on OurCrowd.

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GCUC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The temps finally dropped here at HQ and we are feeling all of the fall vibes. Below are some of our favorite autumn events to host or enjoy with our community. Volunteer at a local pumpkin patch – In the south, these are everywhere. Grab a group of members and go volunteer at one in your area. Bonus points if you pick on up for the next activity.

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EntreWorks Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The US Small Business Administration (SBA), and other small business advocates (including EntreWorks Consulting!), can regularly regale you with tons of data and statistics on the power and impact of small business for the US economy. Now, we can tap into similar data for the global economy thanks to a new data report from the International Labor Organization (ILO), which has not normally focused on the small business-related issues.

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Derek Sivers

OCTOBER 14, 2019

You couldn’t just roll down the street leaving huge piles of garbage everywhere you go, making life slower for everyone as they climb over your mountains of junk, just to get on with their life. You’d feel bad about it, right? That’s how I feel about the digital things we put out into the world: websites, apps, and files. I prefer coding everything by hand, because I don’t like the huge piles of garbage that the automated generators create.

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Continuations

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Last Monday in my series about the climate crisis , I posted about the potential of reversing the carbon cycle : grow plants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it back into the ground. Here now are some numbers that show the viability of this approach. Let’s start with a bit more data on greenhouse gases. I will focus here on CO2 because it stays around in the atmosphere the longest and accounts by far for the largest percentage of warming.

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