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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? I continue to be intensely interested in the growing integration of AI across multiple products and industries, from simple applications on up to highly sophisticated software and services.

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CapLinked Raise $1.6m Series A Round & Appoint Adam Sroka As VP Technology

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Jackson added, “FinTech has traditionally lagged behind the innovation that’s happening in other areas of enterprise software. 25 Years of Writing Code. At BigVisible, he coached teams at Capital Group as part of a large 1,400 person company-wide agile transformation. and Schlumberger. Founded in 2010 by Eric M.

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Why Hearing “No” in a Fund-Raising Process is Actually Healthy

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This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. I spend a lot of time coaching entrepreneurs through their fund-raising processes by doing “pipeline reviews” of all of the firms with whom they are speaking.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world. The Case Foundation (Washington, DC). Pipeline Angels (National Network).

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for.

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8 Keys To Providing Consulting Services To Startups

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Specialists today can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels. Many consultants today are hard to contact between scheduled meetings, due to their formal communication processes. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client. Adapt a style to meet the new business work models.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. Reviewing financial & operational performance. As we have invested millions in building out our sales organization efficiency really matters.

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