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7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Many people believe that Steve Jobs did not become a recognized business leader until after his return to Apple in 1997, when he became more visible, changed his business style, and focused on communicating the big picture, rather than product development. Build relationships with known business leaders.

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Essay: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

from 1997 to 2014. It should be the primary concern of decision-makers, which also have the responsibility to lead and channel entrepreneurship projects through sectors that are part of the development strategy. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S.

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

from 1997 to 2014. It should be the primary concern of decision-makers, which also have the responsibility to lead and channel entrepreneurship projects through sectors that are part of the development strategy. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S.

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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. Given Daniel’s expertise in search and information retrieval (blog: The Noisy Channel ), when Diego and I started discussing IndexTank, I introduced him to Daniel. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program.

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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. Given Daniel’s expertise in search and information retrieval (blog: The Noisy Channel ), when Diego and I started discussing IndexTank, I introduced him to Daniel. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program.

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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

I love how it cuts through the fluff of “go digital or die” marketing while proposing a measured way to weave brand marketing into both mass and new media channels. A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values.

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Building An Autonomous and Virtual World: Softbank Teams With Mapbox

Feld Thoughts

In the years since, with massive customer launches like Snapchat and the Weather Channel, the horizontal scale of Mapbox’s platform is now much more obvious. Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise.