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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more 2007 was the watershed year.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

The opportunity in NY is clearly heating up, both literally and figuratively, as investors turned out in 100+ degree weather to hear about emerging technologies in the financial sector. Each of the startups made a solid case for the unique value proposition their technology would provide to the financial sector.

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Power To The People – Creating Trust In Data With Collaborative Governance

YoungUpstarts

Today’s enterprise IT organizations are once again experiencing a massive upheaval due to pressure from employee forces. Or take TripAdvisor, an American travel website company that provides reviews of travel-related content and interactive travel forums. by Jason Bissell and Calvin Hoon, Talend. It’s a familiar story. Just as Web 2.0

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Understanding the Importance of Board Transparency

Board Effect

Millennials, who grew up during the 2008 economic crisis, come from diverse backgrounds, are highly educated, and have taken on large amounts of student loan debt. Transparency leads to private and public trust and contributes to a positive reputational standing. That is why transparency is at the core of leading with purpose.

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Key Performance Indicators in Higher Education Boards

Board Effect

Before the recession of 2008, it was generally assumed that higher education institutions were performing well in most, if not every regard. To start with, it’s important to review the board’s goals and strategic plan. Specifically, it’s important to track progress as it pertains to the strategic goals of the institution.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest

ReadWriteStart

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. The missing piece is getting reviewed by campus blogs and newspapers, which I advised Chris to look into.

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