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How Surfing Made Me A Better Investor

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Biggest Sets – No matter how flat the water may currently be, there is always another wave brewing further off the coast. The largest sets of wave typically appear after the longest lulls in activity. Self-aware investors relish their mistakes, knowing that each setback contributes to their ultimate success. Image: FREDERIC J.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” Thus, he naturally viewed Twilio's toolsets as rudimentary and easy to copy - easy for him and his world-class team of VoIP engineers, but not so easy for the average developer.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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” But focusing on too many is a mistake. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. Determine how to get access to them.

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George Powell – Doing Well By Having Fun

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Together they created The Bones Brigade skateboard team which launched the careers of many of skateboarding’s biggest celebrities, including: Alan Gelfand, Mike McGill, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero and Kevin Harris. Greathouse: How did your relationship with Stacy Peralta develop?

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Bedloo: Find The Answers In Life | Founder Interview, Startup Life & LA Tech

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We are not trying to beat Facebook or Twitter; we are trying to be an accessory to their system. We can make all the mistakes on the first app and then we can have a working model. If we released Bedloo on both platforms, it’s double the mistakes we would have to fix. We are trying to integrate with them. That’s it.

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Proven | Founder Interview with Pablo Fuentes. Job Markets, & The Future of Mobile

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Proven was developed into two apps, one for job seekers and one for employers seeking candidates. I am very active in mentoring women and minorities. We have been able to develop a good product. Developing a product that changed people’s lives feels like a positive thing. Let me share an email I got today.

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