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Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations

socalTECH

At year end 2017, Association Executives would find it useful to see the world as their members do and understand what help they need to make progress in their Industry or Profession. This data is playing an increasingly important role in strategic planning and product development. The National Association of Independent Schools.

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8 Ways to Unleash A Team’s Maximum Productive Power

Startup Professionals Musings

Every organization needs a talent pipeline that holds leaders at all levels accountable for identifying and developing internal difference makers, and nurturing networks of external talent. Use your high-level principles to establish behavioral frameworks to guide ways of working, rather than a scorecard enforced by culture vigilantes.

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Interview With Brian McCarthy, Dentistry.com

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Howe we started Densitry.com, is in September of 2017, I spent three hours talking to the CEO of our parent company, and we went through it, and I explained to him what was going on and why we needed Dentistry.com. To their credit, they were able to carve out an investment so we could develop this. So, that's my story.

Startup 113
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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. I also hope to lay out a way to develop a healthy degree of skepticism for the more outlandish arguments.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Ajay Royan told Bloomberg in 2017 that Mithril does not “charge excessive fees.” Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head. Can the race to build roads in Southeast Asia avoid development gridlock? Written by Arman Tabatabai.

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10 Top Attributes Elevate Design Thinking Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

Using design thinking as a framework not only increases your ability to listen, but also develops your inquiry and conflict resolution skills. Whether you are looking to further your career as a business professional, or plan to take a leadership position in your own business, developing these key attributes will pay big dividends.

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Entrepreneurs Needed To Deliver Big Data Solutions

Startup Professionals Musings

A while back, Gartner formalized their Big Data definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. Data is the new weapon of defense. Much change is needed here.