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Strengthening Community Ties: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Better Approach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Board Effect

Dating back to 2006, the Daring to Lead report showed that 82% of nonprofit executive directors were Caucasian. 2018- The Impact of Diversity: Understanding How Nonprofit Board Diversity Affects Philanthropy, Leadership, and Board Engagement showed that 78.6% of nonprofit boards were white.

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When VCs Don’t B t You

Feld Thoughts

In early 2006, my partners at Mobius and I decided not to raise another fund. Scott and I were both on the Microsoft VC Advisory Board that Dan’l Lewin organized and ran. In 2007, several of us (Jason, Ryan, Seth, and I) set out to create a new firm.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. The angels that were investing in Austin during this time period also got caught in the Dot Com boom and bust cycle.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies. which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in May 2006. He got his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982, and BSc at Auburn University in 1980. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Episode 19: Time Tracking and Maximizing Profits with Matt Rissell

Mike Michalowicz

Matt started TSheets, his sixth successful startup venture, in 2006, after discovering a gap in the employee time tracking and reporting market. Matt serves on the executive committee of the Idaho Technology Council, the advisory board of the Boise State University Computer Science Department, and the Vistage CEO Network.

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In 2006 we decided to start a blog to help other writers, and of course we called it The Renegade Writer. We proceeded to conduct a survey with current and previous clients using them as an advisory board for our re-naming plans. We tossed around titles with words like unconventional, rule-breaking, etc., It was perfect!

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Foundry Group Next

Feld Thoughts

When we started Foundry in 2006 we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy firm. He has been on our advisory board and for the past eight years has been a key advisor to us. Yet another, and much larger set of companies, come from our investments in other venture funds.