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The Philanthropic Efforts Of James Dondero

YoungUpstarts

As the co-founder and president of Highland Capital Management, James Dondero made sure that the company he built will include charitable giving as one of its missions right from the very beginning. James Dondero has lived in Dallas since 1994.

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

Tianyi is also a co-founder of West Suburban Angels , a prominent angel investment group in the west suburbs of Chicago. Two years ago, Tianyi co-founded SmartHealth Activator, an early stage biotech accelerator and venture firm in North Chicago. SmartHealth is built upon passion and proximity.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Clips from their interview are below. In the 20th century) the U.S. Is that correct?

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions.

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Building An Effective Board For Your Startup

Duct Tape Marketing

Prior to co-founding Foundry, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and is also a co-founder of Techstars. Key Takeaway: The first time many founders see the inside of a board room is when they step in to lead their board. [12:15] Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Yeah, yeah.

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

One of the things I found most valuable from participating in the Founder Institute was a lesson about the Golden Circle by Simon Sinek. We all know these people, most often working at large corporates or even the government. Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) Mind the overlap.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #9: How, and why, to ask for help

Austin Startup

Jacob went from intern to our head of marketing in Europe and today he is the co-founder and CEO of Wisecrack , a company we are proud to be backers of. minute long interview with Steve Jobs from 1994 has been floating around the Web recently and I love it. But I digress. Our founding fathers were very ambitious entrepreneurs.