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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. Melissa Thompson left a burgeoning Wall Street career as a trader with Goldman Sachs to become a female pioneer in the world of technology.

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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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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. What is your competitive advantage? It’s hard and takes a lot of work.

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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- 3- Due to financial difficulties in my family. I started my business when I was forced to drop out of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA due to financial difficulties in my family. Thanks to Will Bachman, Umbrex ! #2-

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Robert Harbauer, Laser Bonding Tech, Inc. ! #2- Photo Credit: Adam Greene. My co-founder and I came up with the idea for Cuddle Clones in an entrepreneurial-focused MBA program. Thanks to Adam Greene, Cuddle Clones ! #3- 23- Due to prior experiences and education. So Bondic was born!

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A Question About Risk That Founders Forget to Ask VCs

Hunter Walker

Here’s a question I recommend founders ask Seed or Series A VCs during their fundraising: “What’s a risk you’re more comfortable with than the average VC?” Here are two: We’re more comfortable with certain types of founder risk (first time, non-traditional) than some funds. Technical risk.

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

In this post, I describe why we prefer to fund companies whose founder will run the company as its CEO. The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. Seagate—Al Shugart. Siebel—Tom Siebel.