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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. Michigan Cottage Cheese: Yoplait Yogurt. Many of the industry funds were wildly successful (in sectors such as media communications, health care, consumer, etc.),

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

Media and event company Women 2.0 Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 ”

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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

My background is in media. But as I tried to find my own path in this, it became clear that there are MANY resources for small startups in Ann Arbor, and today throughout Michigan. We also have a scientific team, consisting of three chemical engineers in addition to Jan, who is the founder and the inventor.

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Support Your Fellow Entrepreneurs, Vote in SXSW 2020 Panel Pickers!

Austin Startup

This panel discussion will outline the initiative announced earlier this year at Davos with participating companies explaining their roles and how, together, public-private partnerships are essential to changing health outcomes globally. FDA BLOCKCHAIN PILOT?—?WHAT Why are blockchains and platforms both necessary in healthcare?

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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. After you’ve organized all the global ad agencies in the world, then you can go after Enterprise once you’ve got that market down. I would work full-time making software all day, and at night I would go home and give ski instructions here in Michigan. A: All right.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Forty years later when the Internet has made knowledge global, we’ve run into the second barrier – just knowing about things is not the great equalizer we expected. Detroit is an automotive cluster, Hollywood an entertainment cluster, New York City for media and financial services, etc. But once I made it to college I was lost.

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