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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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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. increase in GDP), and this will only accelerate as 3G and 4G networks spread to these regions and smartphone and tablet prices continue to drop, encouraging adoption.

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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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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. but he did it in a particular way.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. I am a big advocate of transparency in business and government and believe that many injustices in our society exist because people are ill informed.