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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. She is a coach and mentor to team members. Thus began my marketing campaign.

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Every Small Business Should Celebrate the Positives

Startup Professionals Musings

Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. That’s the same challenge an artist feels on every new canvas, or every musician feels when composing a new work.

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5 Strategy Realities For Running Your Small Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Find a coach who has a holistic view of all elements. For example, there are several entrepreneur community networks, like EO and TiE , which offer education, mentorship, and peer networking for new business owners in the early growth stage of their business. You can delegate to them, and you learn from them over time.

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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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On Leadership. And Diversity of Character.

Both Sides of the Table

I often tell people I learned more about how to become an entrepreneur by being president of my fraternity than any college course I ever took or any paid job I ever had. Try managing a diverse team of people with different ages, education levels, incomes and motivations.” Of course it was infinitely more challenging.

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