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Opendoor alums raise $15M for Kindred, a home-swapping network

TechCrunch

Kindred is building a members-only network to allow people to essentially exchange homes. The idea is that the network is a “trusted” one so that members can feel comfortable in swapping homes. The end result is that travelers have far more options today than they used to when choosing where to stay. It’s a give and get policy.

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Share the mindset of success in EO Accelerator

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She quickly realized it was a difficult place for her to succeed, since she built her network roots in Charlotte, North Carolina. Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level.

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Why accountability is essential for responsible leaders

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Leaders can build a company on an innovative business plan, a strong network, and effective marketing, but there are a few other key actions they might not consider that contribute to their sustained success. Many factors contribute to why leaders find success. Establishing trust. Trust is a key benefit to employee culture and morale.

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How to thwart collaboration overload by working smarter

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These “warm” relationships then prove to be critical when opportunities enable a person who has done this well to see a possibility and mobilize a network. Across all of the work we find people that create energy or enthusiasm in networks is four times the predictor of a high performer. What is dysfunctional collaboration?

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DriveNets connects with $262M as demand booms for its cloud-based alternative to network routers

TechCrunch

billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%. If these sums sound very large, it’s because outsized funding is the order of the day for large enterprise startups taking on networking infrastructure leviathans like Cisco, Juniper and Huawei.

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San Diego Angel Conference Opens 2024 SDAC VI Fund to Angel Investors, Applications for Founders Seeking Funding Closes on Dec. 19th

American Entrepreneurship

By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S. By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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The Next Key Innovation in the Shift-Left Movement

Tomasz Tunguz

An engineer building a new microservice that enables up-selling customers relies on other software written by teammates. Signadot enables developers to code in production safely. Signadot enables engineers to write microservices code in production while isolating the network and the database - sandboxing the microservice.