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Create a Business Plan for Fewer Hassles and Faster Growth

Up and Running

There’s a famous scene in the cult-classic 1999 movie “ Office Space “ where the main character, Peter, is confronted by his boss, Bill. Now that you’ve managed to escape Peter’s situation, make sure you don’t replace it with an entirely new set of hassles that you can’t do anything about. Risk is about outcomes.

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BoardSpring- A New Effort Promoting Board Governance Best Practices in Venture-Backed Companies

Pascal's View

Russell Garland reported in today’s VentureWire that “ Jarrett Collins, a managing director of NeoCarta Ventures, which is winding down, has launched BoardSpring to help directors of venture-backed companies learn about best practices. Collins is financing the project out-of-pocket. and San Mateo, Calif. Share and Enjoy:

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I have encountered numerous companies with bad customer service, or bad financial management, or unprofessional stuff, you name it. Thanks to Ostap Bosak, Royal Fur ! #17

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies.

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Changes in creative & tech industries

Start Up Blog

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? Q2: How is social community management being handled within the creative agencies? We need to see evidence in market of governments and global representative bodies taking punitive measures against security breaches and hacking.

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Creative & Media agency landscape

Start Up Blog

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? Q2: How is social community management being handled within the creative agencies? We need to see evidence in market of governments and global representative bodies taking punitive measures against security breaches and hacking.

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