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Video Of The Week: Mike Bloomberg Talks Climate Crisis At MIT

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

This spring, Mike Bloomberg gave the commencement speech at my alma mater MIT. He talks about moonshots, engineers, and the looming climate crisis. It is a great talk and one that shows what kind of leader I would like to see in this country. I start the video below at 3:24 in so you don’t have to watch the traditional commencement platitudes.

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The Most Frequent Mishire in Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

The most frequent mishire in startups is the first head of marketing. Many different disciplines fall under marketing’s purview. The question facing founders recruiting marketers is: which is the most important to prioritize? Marketing expertise falls into three segments: product marketing, demand generation, and brand marketing. Each of these kinds of marketers have critical skills for a startup.

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