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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

YoungUpstarts

Their finances are also heavily regulated – insurers have to keep a set amount of cash liquid (to write the big checks) and diversify their assets according to specific rules (so they can have enough cash available for even bigger checks). They require the most money to operate and have to fill out the most complicated forms to get licensed.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

(Hint: 60 million US Latinos driving US growth engine) I am beyond excited to announce the Herb Scannell has agreed to move from NYC to Los Angeles to take on the role of CEO at mitú, the fast growing Latino digital media company, serving more than 100 million monthly unique viewers. billion to finance US startups.) Yes, with a “B.”

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

timoreilly : Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Tim O’Reilly shares the stories of the alpha geeks on Twitter. brrhodes : IceRocket search engine founder and CEO Blake Rhodes tweets about his insights into social media and the online world. jerBrightcove : Founder and CEO of Brightcove Jeremy Allaire discusses video services and beyond.

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Marketing Analytics: Attribution Is Not Incrementality

Occam's Razor

Right then and there, your VP of Finance steps in with a, hey, how many of these conversions that you are claiming are ones that we would not have gotten anyway? Correction: It is almost always true that a very, very , large percentage of the Conversions driven by your Paid Media efforts are not incremental. So did owned media.

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Why Boardroom Technology Is Necessary for Effective Succession Planning

Board Effect

Nominating committees used to recruit based on their competencies for the areas of audit, finance, human resources, legal or risk management. California was the first state to step out of the mold with its “Women on Boards” legislation, whereby all public companies based in California must have at least one woman on their boards by 2020.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I soon realized that I had as much passion for teaching as I do about finance and investment, and I knew that I had acquired the kind of insight that could help transform the lives of business professionals who were looking to survive in investment banking roles. I graduated with my MBA with the intent of entering the finance industry.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. Los Angeles, at least metaphorically, became more of a media/entertainment town. Dealflow in Southern California is much more organic and less efficient. As these industries continue to cross (or collide?),