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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The women in her life are named Maria” (Mary – A very common name in Portugal). We had to book our own gigs and promote the band, so we figured out at the ripe old age of 16 that we needed a professional manager. His real name is Stan Eisen, so we adopted the last name and became Eisen Management Group. 14 – Sea Turtles.

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

Group picture of the Battery Ventures Entrepreneurship workshop in Tel Aviv, 2010. Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal. The workshop was conducted by Danny Warshay using the Socratic method.

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HBS Alumni Angels NY new chairman: Jason Klein

David Teten

In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. Managing a group of Harvard MBAs is very different from my past managerial experience, and I’ve learned a lot from herding our cats. 4) Inclusion.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. In particular part three talked about what happened if we saw a double dip in 2010-11 or a “lost decade.&#. Fast forward a year to September 2010 and I wrote my treatise on the 2010 economy.

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