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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

YoungUpstarts

Department of Labor projects employment of sales managers will increase by eight percent through 2022, while employment of sales engineers, wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives are expected to grow by nine percent. In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. This evolves the VC from a server to a router. – Hire more non-Partner staff.

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15 Female Entrepreneurs Share What Changes They Would Most Like to See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

In 2015, businesses owned by women brought in more than $1.5 I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). Female entrepreneurs and business owners are no longer taken with a grain of salt.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.