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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. In the Early Days.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

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Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. billion under management. Cohen described Downtown Works as a “hyper-connector.”. Downtown Works Interior.

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What is Your Entrepreneurial Leadership Potential?

Startup Professionals Musings

They are excellent mentors and coaches, but have a strong need to be admired and respected in return. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 04/29/2013. The most effective entrepreneurs know their own predominant traits, and how to build a team with all the rest: Helper. That’s intelligent leadership.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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Founded in 2013, digitalundivided leads high potential Black and Latino women founders through the startup pipeline with a focus on knowledge, research and community. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation. digitalundivided (New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC).

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Activyst Wants to Change the World, One Girl at a Time Through Sports

Tech Zulu Event

On the advice of mentors and friends, she started pounding the pavement and setting up meetings with people in that space who wanted to know what issue she was most passionate about. The solution Rock found was if a play area connected to the already trusted schools was created with approved coaches, the parents would let the girls play.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.