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Profiles on 2017 Boulder City Council Candidates

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I’m hoping to have a thoughtful and open conversation about a lot of the issues that are coming up around our local election. We think some of the fear-mongering that has already appeared in the campaign verges on the ridiculous.” If you are interested, please join us.

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Managing New User Satisfaction On A Daily Basis

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As we get to the end of 2016, I’m in many conversations about 2016 performance and 2017 budgets. Since there are plenty of variables, the conversations are generally quantitative. In the midst of one last week, I said “why aren’t we talking about increasing conversions and lowering churn?”

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Give A Teacher Of Your Choice A Sphero RVR

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As part of the Sphero RVR Kickstarter campaign, Amy and I have decided to give away up to 200 RVRs as part of a new tier called the 2 RVRs for you + 1 for a Teacher tier. Like many of the AMAs I do, I’m hopeful the conversation will be wide ranging, covering whatever anyone on the AMA wants to explore.

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Fear Is In The Air

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I know the early presidential campaign is impacting this. And I know it’s hard, because it’s the distraction that creeps into every conversation. Or at least on the blogs and in the mainstream media. I know it shouldn’t, but it does. Concentrate on things that matter. Have a long term view. . I know it’s simple.

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Techstars and The Nature Conservancy

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Amy is currently on the TNC Global Campaign Committee and on the TNC Africa Affinity Group for Women and Girls. At a TNC event at our house in June 2016, I had a conversation with Mark Tercek , TNC’s CEO, around innovation. TNC’s global reach makes it a very exciting organization to support.

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Dear VCs: What Happens When Your Words And Your Actions Don’t Match

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It could be PR, it could be speeches, or writing, or systematic campaigns over a period of time about themselves and their businesses. My biggest behavior change 14 years ago was to focus hard on having my words match my actions, and my actions match my words. They put huge amounts of energy into developing a public persona.

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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge

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One of these activities is a social media campaign to publicly recognize a number of individuals who their campus has identified as a #DepressionHero. After the dinner, Dave and I had a brief conversation where he told me more about his involvement in the UCLA Grand Challenge on Depression.