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Glen McKay: From Newfoundland Fishing Boat Deckhand to Mining CEO

Hearpreneur

Newfoundland’s Glen McKay has had a long and successful career in several industries, including construction, finance and mining. In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. To this day, I value my employees and want them to work as a team, whenever possible.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Employee Benefits. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Franchises.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #11: New Year’s advice for middle-aged people

Austin Startup

Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said.

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Building a Great Startup Board: Pt 1

Reid Hoffman

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. I am the invited partner in the room who is here to help this company succeed.”.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

And I have no idea how the hell I got So lucky is to have her as a partner on this. That makes me sound like a genius today, But the point was 25 years ago that when you went to work for Hewlett, what's 25 years ago is 97, when you went to work for Hewlett Packard in 1997, you expected to be there for the next 40 years.

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How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs

Ben's Blog

This includes matters of personnel, matters of financing, matters of product strategy, matters of goal sizing, matters of marketing. The CEO must set the context that every employee operates within. Read Jeff Bezos’ 3-page letter he wrote to shareholders in 1997. Does the CEO know what to do? The Strategy and the Story.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc.

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