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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Respected More Than Loved

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Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. You hire great people. You motivate, cajole, reassign tasks, hire, fire and push the organization forward. They review competitors offerings and analyst reports. More developers?

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EV subscription startup Canoo, co-founder sued for alleged harassment

TechCrunch LA

Just weeks after Canoo took the wraps off of its electric vehicle , the Los Angeles-based startup and co-founder Stefan Krause has been accused of gender and marital discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Stefan Krause filed for divorce from Christina Krause in July 2019.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (7/11) – Detail Orientation

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This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The best entrepreneurs focus on details.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

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As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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I think that our industry is too quick to believe that it’s “up and to the right” quickly or it’s time to move on to the next thing. And so do entrepreneurs who are quick to pivot to new businesses or to sell in an acquihire. Some entrepreneurs can make a dent in a smaller world. Grow or die.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

socalTECH

We''ll mostly be doing enterprise sales here, but also looking at the technology and design front, hiring better talent, taking design to a new level than maybe what we are in China. You''ve got to do your report every month. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. All the HR policies are completely different.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

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It has been reported by Google that 77% of viewers use a companion device while watching TV. came to engineer and serial entrepreneur David Kaiser (Founder and CEO) in 2008 while surfing on his laptop while watching TV. Many companies are developing second screen technology, but few have come close to what Coincident.TV Coincident.TV

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