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Try On The Decision For 30 Days

Feld Thoughts

While I’d been a partner in Mobius from the beginning, I hadn’t really been engaged in managing the overall firm. My whole world blew up in 2001. I was in New York for it, having taken a redeye the night before from San Francisco. For the really major decisions, I try them on for 30 days. I did my deals.

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

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You don’t need to look further than the studio’s homepage for an example of this: it features a live webcam that shows what’s going on in New York-based studio right at that moment. Headquarters: New York City. Locations: London, New York City, and San Francisco. Headquarters: London, UK.

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Bringing Depression Out of The Shadows In Startups

Feld Thoughts

And how hard was it to explain it to your partners and your peers? The only people I talked openly about it with was my business partner, Dave Jilk, and my girlfriend — now wife — Amy Batchelor. A: After I became depressed for the second time, in my mid-30s — in 2001 just after Sept. A: Initially it was extremely hard.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

For many Westerners, Victoria Island resembles the polar opposite of the imaginary Manhattan Island, the high-security prison depicted in John Carpenter’s film Escape From New York. On the island, life is as it is in the West, but the danger lies outside the island and across the Third Mainland Bridge. But somehow Lagos works.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. By the time of my wedding in July 2002 I was super fit.