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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I’m dropping everything non-portfolio related in the next few weeks and setting my sights on righting my wrong. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I’m dropping everything non-portfolio related in the next few weeks and setting my sights on righting my wrong. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

If you can just execute competently , you will outperform a lot of people who might have a theoretically superior strategy. . When I talk with non-founding insiders at many alternative investment firms, I regularly hear complaints about the quality of firm management. – Thoughtful fund management.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

If you can just execute competently , you will outperform a lot of people who might have a theoretically superior strategy. . When I talk with non-founding insiders at many alternative investment firms, I regularly hear complaints about the quality of firm management. – Thoughtful fund management.

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Entrepreneur Helps Businesses Focus on Passion Points Instead of Pain Points to Get Results

Hearpreneur

When I decided to start my business in 2003 it was not a decision that I took lightly. Thankfully non-competes are illegal in most states now, and even then, I didn’t let that stop me from following my dreams). Tell us about your background and what led you to start your business?

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

The same goes for "non-competes" or non- solicitation covenants. By way of context: It took me 28 years (from summer fo 1975 til December of 2003) and at least four close encounters to see what seems to me so obvious after the fact. What is amateurish is presenting poorly written or lopsided ones. zuccaro.joe. |

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SXSW Startups: Node

Austin Startup

We use the moonshot standard for building in terms of energy, non-toxic materials, rainwater capture, and the use of sustainable materials. We don’t intend to compete with any of the new players in “pre-fab”?—?which In 2003, I co-founded Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., at a lower cost than conventional construction.

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