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TechCrunch LA

But temperatures were up in Austin, Texas, as 20,000 people in the crypto community came together to discuss how to navigate their industry looking like it might go up in flames. Anita had the chance to attend the conference, so she’s back with some thoughts from the field: .

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Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

Both Sides of the Table

But people don’t like to hear about firing or job cuts, so I was flamed. Brad Feld and I were discussing the topic at lunch at the most excellent Glue Conference this week in Boulder. Flame away. So I have been reluctant to weigh in again on the topic publicly. Treat people with respect and professionalism.

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Biotech Roundup: Biogen Rumors, Theranos, Electro-Drugs & More

Xconomy

Just as many M&A rumors flame out as lead to deals, of course, but the news was enough to give Biogen’s stock price a big bump, and ignite chatter about what a sale of one of biotech’s heavyweights would mean, particularly for the Boston area.

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part I) - Teach Your Children To Create Something Out of Nothing

InfoChachkie

Light the flame of entrepreneurship in your child by showing them that Mini-ventures , such as selling coffee at youth soccer games, walking dogs, babysitting, mowing grass, shoveling snow, etc., An allowance establishes the ATM Operator mentality of completing a repetitive set of tasks for a finite amount of money.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve watched people who went to the top schools, got the best grades and worked for all the right companies flame out. It just so happened that there was a conference coming up run by a guy named Ismael Ghalimi, a very well respected software executive who also was keeping a blog at the time for companies in the space.

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It’s Sofa King More Effective to Pick up the Phone

Both Sides of the Table

And anger leads to more email, which ends in a flame war. Another gets angered and responds. The true intent of both is lost and the time makes each person’s anger grow and fester. I have seen this time and again and of course I’m prey to it as well.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. To that point, I’d been talking about Lean Startup concepts only on a seldom-read blog and with people in my immediate network.