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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Read part one here. Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Is it really a big jump to the private sector? It wasn’t a big jump. Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Below is the first of her three-part series. Do you miss it?

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Taking Things Seriously: The Website Woes You Need To Iron Out

The Startup Magazine

These days consumers look online to find out the best products or services for their needs, read reviews, share good and bad experiences, and frequently shop from the comfort of their own home. This is where search engine optimization can play a big part to help your website thrive. But where to start? Is it working for you?

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8 Key Human-Centered Leadership Elements In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You must all learn to “read the room,” collect and interpret signals, even recognize who is missing, to have the maximum impact and influence to move forward. Yet I find in my mentoring practice that more and more team members prefer the human-centered approach and respond with more engagement and commitment.

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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Technical jargon may be natural for you, but investors read this as arrogance or laziness on your part, if not an intentional effort to intimidate the reader and obfuscate facts. Business plans the size of a small book are a big turnoff to investors, and will only serve to make your business seem more complex and more risky.

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8 People And Process Skills Required In Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is my list of key drivers that I find critical to thriving in big businesses, as well as startups: Networking to build and maintain key relationships. Great business leaders, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett , are constantly asking questions and reading books about new technologies, new cultures, and new business opportunities.

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Q2 2023 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

You can read more about Replay for Test Suites on Replay’s blog. You can read more about it on this Twitter thread, and get all the details and sample hooks in Github. You can read more about it on this Twitter thread, and get all the details and sample hooks in Github. You can read more about Antimatter in TechCrunch.