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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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Entrepreneurial Change We Can All Believe In

Growthink Blog

And then there were the conference organizers themselves - Boyan Josic and his executive partners - Martin Tibbits and Joe Walker. And by golly was the contrast stark between the energy of our President and his fellow Washington suits and that of the action hero entrepreneurs at the conference. Small decisions, little things.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. of Washington. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint.

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Rather than fad chasing, take away from his story a lesson in noting more permanent consumer desires and catering to them.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Richard De Silva started off as a journalist with the Washington Post after growing up in D.C. Richard De Silva is based in Menlo Park with three other partners, there and 5 partners in Boston. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. 1:00 – 3:40).

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. Source: Washington Business Journal ]. - They don’t have to worry. Source: AllThingsD ]. - November 29, 2012.