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Your board should protect you!

Berkonomics

Once again, there is a need to educate board members that in conflict of interest cases, the corporation comes first. Should board members therefore withdraw and not participate in corporate planning, coaching the CEO and other issues not related to the duty of care or duty of loyalty? Well, how far should a board member go?

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio. But that also speaks to potential opportunities.

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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel

socalTECH

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes. What is that process?

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7 Tips To Raise Your Entrepreneur Instincts In School

Startup Professionals Musings

Some people even believe that entrepreneurs must be born with the right genes, and no element of education is relevant. In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities.

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AgilePalooza Los Angeles

SoCal Tech Calendar

AgilePalooza is a community event presented by VersionOne. A fun, low-cost event linking internationally recognized coaches and trainers with the local software development community, AgilePalooza is a day of collaboration, education and advancement of agile methods. Thursday, July 15, 2010 -- AgilePalooza Los Angeles.

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LA CEOs

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, July 7, 2011 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: New Media Training. Our featured speaker LeeAundra Keany an executive communications coach. The potential for missteps and misinterpretation is huge. A lackluster performance can seriously undermine your efforts. See [link] (more)

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The 18-month rule and a harrowing tale

Berkonomics

PM, and that the vice president of sales, presently in the air traveling to the very country where the manager was to meet him, was not to be present. Everyone but the sales VP was present as anticipated. Then the meeting no CEO would want to attend. We walked into the meeting at the appointed time.

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