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3rd Annual Women in Tech Summit Examines Strength, Fundraising & Diversity

Austin Startup

Christy Cardenas , Managing Partner at Ecliptic Capital , warns that it can ultimately ruin your business, so you must be diligent with your investor choices. Cross-Generational Entrepreneurship Generational differences raise tensions in the entrepreneurial space, especially when you manage someone older or report to someone younger than you.

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The Santa Solution To Finding And Keeping Good Employees

YoungUpstarts

by Jeffrey Kadlic, co-founder & managing partner of Evolution Capital Partners. Fairly compensated employees give their best, whether at the North Pole or in Cleveland, Ohio. Thinking Aloud employee management hiring Jeffrey Kadlic managing employees recruitment Santa Claus' Image credit: Wikipedia ].

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

Before moving to Bend last year, my career took me from engineering development roles at defense contractors in the 80’s to product management and executive marketing roles in companies like Qualcomm in the 90’s, to the world of venture capital at several firms including Bay Partners, Formative Ventures and Vulcan Ventures.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Here’s how the pitch sounds from the engineer’s perspective: ‘For ten whole percent of equity, you will slave away to build a prototype out of my shitty idea, not have any say in the decision-making process…and oh yeah, you could be fired at any point.’ Date for a bit, then split the equity. Amazing post!

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Britain’s Apax Partners in cooperation with Baltimore, Maryland’s JMI Equity has purchased the US-Israeli software company Paradigm for $1 billion. Cleveland, Ohio-based Primus Capital has recently acquired Israel’s AOD for $90m. AOD makes software used by healthcare managers who provide long-term care for senior citizens and others.

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