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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Reviewing financial & operational performance. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The Foundation was created in 1997 by tech pioneers, Jean and Steve Case.

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8 Keys to Award Winning Startup Customer Service

Startup Professionals Musings

Train and coach continuously. Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 06/13/2013. If service employees are not happy, the process isn’t working yet.

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10 Ways Self-Promotion Drives Entrepreneur Success

Startup Professionals Musings

A recent Department of Education study shows that soft (interpersonal) skills have become more important for success than hard (technical) skills. Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. Your reputation is the single greatest asset you have.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D., In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco.

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

Tech Zulu Event

Due to the sedentary nature of girls in these countries there is a high risk for diabetes and obesity. 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. Validated Rock eventually had enough meetings in D.C.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting.