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Twice in a Lifetime

Austin Startup

In the mid 1990s I knew that the internet was a game-changing technology. In 1997 I founded an internet company named Perficient, and it went public in 1999. The dawn of the internet age was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a technology entrepreneur. Technology revolutions take a while to fully mature.

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Don’t miss celebrating these seasonal events for mission-driven organizations

Board Effect

This is a good event for nonprofits related to STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). Civic education helps donors and supporters understand their rights and how governments work with nonprofits to create better communities for women and all people. Over 20 million people participate in this event annually.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. The goal is help these companies take their tech.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. Such household names as Google, Intel and eBay were started by at least one immigrant founder. It’s new businesses. For more on this important bill, read here and here.

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Building a Great Startup Board: Pt 1

Reid Hoffman

The structural role of a board of directors is corporate governance, specifically, making sure that the company is managed in accordance with the interest of the shareholders (and if liabilities exceed assets, the interest of debtholders), and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. WHAT DOES A BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better. At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). So it should be no surprise to our government and to economists that we aren’t getting the job growth that we need in our tentative recovery from 2008—we need IPOs to create jobs. cents or 6.25

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