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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

2018 Recap. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. In 2019, we’ll be doubling down on this effort as we are hiring a GM for our CXO Advisory Board & Network ( job description here ). We are truly grateful for your support.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

Before diving into yet another year and list of predictions for enterprise in 2018, we’d like to recap a few thoughts and moments from 2017. There will be more deep enterprise tech startups founded, funded, launched, and scaled out of NYC in 2018. Our partners include IBM and one unannounced Fortune 50.

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7 Strategies For Anticipating Future Customer Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

I once served on the Advisory Board of a technical software executive who refused to believe that his product was no longer competitive, and insisted that sales and marketing were no longer doing their job. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/01/2018.

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Accelerating Aurora, Driving the Future

Reid Hoffman

In my own view, this is awesome news — because I’ve been an investor in Aurora since February 2018 when I co-led its Series A round for Greylock and joined Aurora’s board. That’s why I invested in Aurora in 2018 — and since then, my belief in the company’s vision and execution has only grown stronger.

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

Board Effect

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. 2018- The State of Diversity in Nonprofit and Foundation Leadership shows that 87% of all executive directors or presidents were white.

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So, You Want to Speak at SXSW?

Austin Startup

Here’s a shot from my 2018 SXSW Interactive solo-session. Public voting makes up one-third of the scheduling decision-power (with the PanelPicker team and the SXSW Advisory Board covering the other two-thirds). The SXSW PanelPicker opens June 25th through July 20th for speaker proposals. The coveted SXSW Speaker mic.

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The many things I’m involved with, and why

Jeff Hilimire

In 2018, I’m going to try hard to make a BIGGER impact on FEWER things. I’m also writing a book to help Dragon Army gain further awareness, which will kick off more heavily in 2018 when we lock down a publisher. 48in48 Co-founder and Board Chair. Advisory Board member of Dagger.