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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. There’s also timing and trends, leadership, luck, and maybe even marketing. . Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. Both were discontinued years ago.

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How Diversity Can Increase Innovation And Growth In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

I came to the United States in 1998 as a Turkish immigrant with my husband Serhat Pala. Interestingly, research has consistently shown that ethnic and cultural diversity among executive leadership, which Confirm BioSciences has, correlates with statistically significant higher company success.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

Towards the end of my OPT (mid 1998) is when the H1-B visa cap issue hit. In October 1998, I was excited beyond belief when I received an approval notice for an H1-B visa through my own company! Technology leadership and innovation knows no bounds. I hired my TA as my first employee and paid him $12.50 In a startup cash is king.

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I AM GOING TO CRUSH YOU

Jeff Hilimire

We’d been “in business” since late 1998 but we were still kids, having started Spunlogic from our dorm room at UNC-Charlotte. Their CEO reached out to me one day and asked if my two partners and I wanted to go and get a steak lunch, on him. Entrepreneurship Leadership'

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. A business partnership is like a marriage and finding a long term partner is a very difficult thing. Finding someone to partner with isn’t easy.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. After that I also have had additional training in occupational health and leadership and other odds and ends on the same theme. I started McCourt Leadership Group to do executive coaching, speaking and writing.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. Jeff Weiner, Wharton undergraduate, blended those traits with compassionate management and leadership.