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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. You do a startup and decide you want somebody to step in and run the company so you can focus on technical excellence. It’s part of my ethos. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities.

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