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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

In 1993, it was during one of these long walks that he’d stumble on a philosophy that would determine his life’s path – that he’d do whatever it takes to succeed in life. .&# Mawuna Koutonin is the founder of London-based GoodBuzz , and his story is the stuff of dreams. The African Boy Who Could.

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Raving Fans – How Our Themes Evolve

Feld Thoughts

We have a straightforward meeting – a dinner for our advisory board the night before, drinks after for all LPs, our advisory board meeting first thing in the morning, and then the full meeting until lunch time. I enjoy our annual meetings – we get to spent a focused chunk of time with our investors.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. Terman, who now was the Provost of Stanford, had joined the U.S.