Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2010

So the solution was that any time you had a question you had to write it down on these pre-printed tablets of paper called "point sheets” and once you had accumulated enough questions you could bring them en masse to your boss (everyone who worked at Andersen in the early 90's is giving a small chuckle from nostalgia about right now).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2020

Several EO members have banded together and are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with a fight of epic proportions. Their goal is to mitigate the risk to millions of lives around the world. Here’s how. Harvard shut down the campus, sent students home, and postponed classes and graduation. MillionLives.org has accomplished something unbelievable?an

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Este modelo de inversión con enfoque de género fue el tema de la última sesión transmitida en vivo por TechConnect Innovación Global a través de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (GIST por sus siglas en inglés). En los últimos 10 años, las mujeres en la fuerza laboral global han aumentado a 250 millones, y esta tendencia continúa al alza.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

The story on Uber has been written about ad nauseam, which is why I’ve been reluctant to weigh in. But enough people have asked my perspective so I decided to weigh in with my non-conformist view. I love Uber and I don’t believe there has yet been a real scandal. Grievances – yes. But scandal? I’m not so sure. I wish I were.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 22, 2020

Este artículo está disponible en español. By Jewelle Saunders. Entrepreneurs are resilient people. Starting a business requires a strong will in order to get a venture off the ground. However, it is important to recognize that as an entrepreneur you can continually improve and work on building your resilience. Expand your skill set.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Este artículo está disponible en español. Shared responsibility for accountability from leadership positions to every employee — from the CEO down to the newest entry-level employee — will result in higher morale and more effective performance, and in turn, further success. Establishing trust. Establish meaningful goals together as a team.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2010

If most VCs will only have one airplane landing at any one time they probably have many others that are circling their airport hoping for clearance to land and many more en route. In today’s post I want to talk about the concept of a VC flightpath. What’s less clear is which airplanes are in the sky and waiting to land.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 7, 2023

Ideally, it would look something like ENS where each and every one of us will own and control our own identity/handle, like we can own and control a domain name. And as we all know, lack of competition is a very bad thing. In governments and in products. Competition keeps you honest. Competition makes you hustle. Competition makes you better.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners. GOAT just announced it raised $5 million in venture capital led by our friends at Matrix Partners.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 16, 2019

El siguiente artículo del blog está adaptado de “ Si todos los días fuera el día de los inocentes ,” columna del personal de Newseum Education publicada hace poco en el boletín informativo First Five del Freedom Forum Institute. Pero dados todos estos defectos en el panorama mediático, ¿cómo alentar buenos hábitos diarios?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

If you prefer the super short version – I’ve summarized the post in the final section. Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Este artículo está disponible en español. An international crisis, like the coronavirus pandemic, introduces unprecedented challenges. In times of crisis, businesses require new approaches to leadership to address these challenges and emerge stronger. It is important to address these changes in leadership responsibly and ethically.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch. If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. “There’s something going on in LA.” ” Or if you ask the venerable Greg Bettinelli, he’s #LongLA. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

One of the wisest people I worked with in my career was Ameet Shah. Ameet always had the quietly reflective view of “why things were&# that always came from a unique angle that I hadn’t considered. He always was. But his favorite line was, “can you please slow down and explain this again? I’m only a 386 processor.&#.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Este artículo está disponible en español. It is important to make sure that you are forming partnerships with individuals and groups who are ethical and transparent and share your essential values. Here are some tips to make sure you form mutually beneficial partnerships on your path to success. Get references. Establish trust.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 5, 2019

Este artículo está disponible en español. Because Juliana transforms and refurbishes all of her products, she is able to sell items at a low cost that a greater number of people can afford. This cost-savings approach to business is also reflected in her marketing strategy. Lamp made out of recycled vegetable drawers (@ecomuediseno).

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2011

The New York Times' Executive Editor, Bill Keller, wrote a piece for New York Magazine entitled " The Twitter Trap " in which he laments the pandora’s box of continuously connected social media he has just opened for his 13 year old daughter by allowing her to have a Facebook account. I grew up in Brooklyn.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What changed — and why the definition changed — was it became 90+% cheaper to start companies and thus seed funds appeared en masse as did angels so the size of seed rounds actually INCREASED and the size of A-rounds in many instances decreased. Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. Why the latter?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2019

Mira en español. ). Learn about social entrepreneurship from this group of diverse and experienced social entrepreneurs, who talk about their experiences running businesses that make profits and benefit their surrounding communities in a GIST TechConnect program on turning a profit while doing good. Fonta Gilliam, Founder of Sou Sou.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. I do believe in total transparency with your core. The Mind of the Founder. You took the risk to start your company. You quit your day job and look the leap off of the cliff.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 30, 2020

He is the founder of Misión Ecuador , created to benefit entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium businesses in the country, starting in the province of Manabí after the earthquake of April 16, 2016. After participating in the YLAI Fellowship, an earthquake devastated my country. What are you passionate about? Helping people.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 11, 2020

Editor’s Note: Learn more about these steps by taking the YLAI Network online course Design Driven Entrepreneurship (también en español ). Global Business Development Expert Cheryl Edison and our very own 2018 YLAI alum and young entrepreneur Shemeon William discuss the intricacies of business development & growth. Posted by U.S.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

By persisting through those obstacles, building strong relationships with like-minded individuals, and consistently increasing her knowledge, she has founded multiple successful ventures and is inspiring others in Bolivia to do the same. What are you passionate about? Can you tell us more about your businesses?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2023

On her podcast, Systems Simplified , Adi interviewed Camela Thompson , Marketing VP at Caliber Mind, who is an expert in systematizing vital sales and marketing functions, including client follow-up. Following is a summary of their discussion. Follow-up systems are vital for effective sales in any business. This is just one example.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Some fruits, like bananas, are often picked when green and encouraged to ripen en route to their destinations. Some fruits, like bananas, are often picked when green and encouraged to ripen en route to their destinations. Here’s one of those questions you’ve probably never considered, but probably should: What goes on your fruit?

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 20, 2019

isunenergy.com/en/ Quebec. This summer I had the pleasure of facilitating the 2019 Energy (CleanTech) cohort for the AccelVT accelerator in Burlington, VT. At last week’s graduation they showed one of the critical differentiators between their accelerator and most others: funded pilots with utilities. dccelectric.com Quebec .

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

Esto podría ser aún más complicado en la era del distanciamiento social, ya que muchas de las actividades diarias han pasado al ámbito virtual. La utilización de las redes sociales para promover sus organizaciones se ha convertido en una de las estrategias y destrezas más importantes que los emprendedores pueden tener. Por Bryce Kelly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

The startup is looking to capitalize momentum behind NFT profile pic collections and ENS (.eth) Only in the current market can one wonder how a celebrity avatar startup that sells NFT accessories took so long to hit a unicorn valuation. The round was first reported by DealBook. The round was first reported by DealBook.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured. from Charter’s subscribers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

They can join up to form “platoons” or split off to multiple destinations while en route, which means they don’t need to hold large volumes of freight to make the service economical, although Soule says they can actually carry much more weight than trucks, which handle most freight transportation in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The company’s decade-long growth will continue with its recent funding round supporting its innovative approach to healthcare. In 2014 Maven Clinic Founder Kate Ryder had a vision for improving women’s healthcare. She spent approximately 10 years in the field before joining Index Ventures and pivoting to then found Maven.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. More posts by this contributor. The 2021 edtech avalanche has just begun.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lee este artículo en Español. The world of finance is undergoing a profound transformation, and Mexico is no exception. In recent years, the country has witnessed a burgeoning fintech industry, particularly in the business-to-business (B2B) sector: Mexico’s fintech market now encompasses over 650 companies and counting.

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StartupNation

MAY 18, 2021

W h en many people think of how the business sector relates to startup companies and the venture funding that invests in them, the perception is that this part of the economy is irrelevant and doesn’t impact the average person’s life. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

As a fledgling space, NFTs are beridden with projects of varying quality and we believe Steam wants to do some quality assurance and wait until the situation stabilizes before allowing blockchain games en masse. The video-game industry has always been on the bleeding edge, but blockchain gaming is still widely viewed as emerging technology.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2016

En route, one thing that stood out, she says, is how “many entrepreneurial researchers reported how vital the spouse/support network was in an entrepreneur’s life, but [how] little data had actually been collected to determine just how important.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

He added: “In an industry in which selling data and delivering ads en masse are the norm, we choose to lead with privacy instead and put user satisfaction front and center.”. Back in December 2020 we covered the launch of a new kind of smartphone app-based search engine, Xayn. “A A search engine?!” I hear you say?

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