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Love And Giving Aren’t Green: Startups & Corporate Social Impact

YoungUpstarts

If a company chooses to buy matching headbands, raise money from Facebook friends and bring along a photographer to prove the event happened — there is societal benefit in that as well. Pick what kind of altruist you want to be and analyze your motivation.

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How We Fight – Cofounders in Love and War

Steve Blank

I often get asked about finding cofounders and I usually give the standard list of characteristics of what I look for in a founder. And I emphasize the value of a founding team with complementary skills sets – i.e. the hacker/hustler/designer cofounder archetype for web/mobile apps. So I asked her to write a guest post.

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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College London co-teaching a “Wicked” Entrepreneurship class. Co mpanies also face Wicked problems. The team working on the Green Hydrogen got connected to the Rotterdam ecosystem and key stakeholders in the Port, energy incumbents, VCs and Tech Universities. Take a look below.

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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

It’s taken the Toronto executive from the world of Big 3 Accounting (as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers in his early career) to Investment Banking(National Bank Financial) and capital markets (co-founding Eight Capital after leading the management buyout of Dundee Capital Markets). Some specialize in one arena, like green technology.

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Finding The Perfect Startup Co-Founder

ReadWriteStart

Kaviani co-founded CoFoundersLab less than tw Shahab o years ago with the aim of bringing entrepreneurs together to launch startups. CoFoundersLab makes matches (for free) via its online platform or through in-person Meetups. who is the founder of Inside Edge Solutions, on the faculty of Washington University in St.

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Finding The Perfect Startup Co-Founder

ReadWriteStart

Kaviani co-founded CoFoundersLab less than two years ago with the aim of bringing entrepreneurs together to launch startups. CoFoundersLab makes matches (for free) via its online platform or through in-person Meetups. who is the founder of Inside Edge Solutions, on the faculty of Washington University in St.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Sheryl Green. Thanks to Sheryl Green, Sheryl Green Speaks ! #3- I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. While I worked hard I watched as my co-workers got away with doing as little as possible. Thanks to David Tile, Article-Writing Co ! #23-