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Count Your Blessings on This Thanksgiving Holiday

Startup Professionals Musings

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mergers and acquisitions pace improving. New focus on a sustainable planet. Incentive to do something you love.

Merger 201
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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft. They’ll probably kill you,” he said.