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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

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This strategy requires allocating a significant portion of your time, even as daily crises grow, to the nurturing of the leadership pipeline, mentoring high potentials, paying them well, and rewarding results with positive short-term feedback, as well as strategic promotional opportunities.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Ryan Blair: The theme around the fund is pretty simple. I learned a hell of a lot, invested my gains, and set up my venture fund, knowing I was going to monetize the network I had created. So where is the fund now? Ryan Blair: I took $20M of personal capital to start the fund. What's the theme of your investments?