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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. It’s a new year – 2016. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. and North Park University. and North Park University.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Heather is an outspoken advocate for women in tech leadership roles and building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin.

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What Millennial Women Leaders Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship

Up and Running

The figures are more inspiring today: The 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report says “there are now 11.3 They seem to embrace a more unconventional leadership style, emphasizing interpersonal skills, embracing the latest technologies, and rejecting outdated hierarchical models that were common for generations. Be more human.

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

But, becoming politically active can be a challenge, particularly if you’re in a business leadership role. In 2016, an estimated 100 million eligible voters did not cast a vote. Speak with your media spend partners when you see coverage that you think is unfair, unbalanced, misleading, or offensive.

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