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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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Advertise with GeekWire. July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. Voted “Next Tech Titan” at the 2012 GeekWire Startup Awards, Tableau Software is on a huge growth trajectory. What’s positive about Washington’s new Social Purpose Corporations. 07/06/2012. Co-founder, National Editor.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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On November 28, 2012. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. PandoDigest. Share on Twitter. By Sarah Lacy.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Advertising. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Washington. » More. Loading… Asia. Management.

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Four Of The Most Influential People In Business Technology

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Mayer earns a spot on Forbes’ 2012 list of Power Women and Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2013. Bezos also earns credit for developing the concept of “predictive analytics,” which targets product listings and advertisements to shoppers based on their shopping history.

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How I Found a Great CTO

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I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. The first thing I did was to find an advisor who I could trust.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. of Washington. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego. Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. New York ›.