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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

With over 20 years of experience in the language services industry, Elizabeth garnered national praise for her leadership and expertise in her field with awards such as Negocios Now’s Latinas in Business Award (2017). TSM: With a bit more detail, what does NAWBO do for its members from a benefits and amenities standpoint?

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird. There is nothing viral! Not really.

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Announcing UP Global

Feld Thoughts

Startup Weekend and Startup America Partnership are joining forces to create UP Global. In addition to Startup Weekend, UP Global also runs Next , StartupDigest , and NYSE Big Startup. Marc Nager, the CEO of Startup Weekend, will be the CEO of Up Global. The post Announcing UP Global appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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The 25 Best Leadership Bloggers

YoungUpstarts

Anyone who has ever tried to lead people will tell you leadership is more like art than science. And as with art, perfecting the craft of leadership requires studying under a master. The blogosphere is full of leaders with either outstanding leadership knowledge or strong writing ability, but far fewer have both. John Maxwell.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. Flexibility is essential for decision making and leadership, too. Tim Stewart, trsdigital.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Scale is usually correlated with market leadership and large market size, and Wall Street is rewarding with a premium multiple these large SaaS companies because (1) their growth is supported by a secular trend (now it is clear that Cloud Computing is here to stay!) ► 2007. (10). Global warming: a plague for humanity?

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The Past, Present and Future of Gender Lens Investing

Austin Startup

While the value of diverse teams and women in leadership are relatively new topics in the business world, the field of gender lens investment is even newer. No uniform metrics or standardized criteria currently exist to compare actual fund portfolios to determine gender impact in terms of women’s leadership profile.