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Announcing our investment in SilviaTerra, a precision forestry startup

Version One Ventures

The story starts with CEO Zack Parisa who grew up in the woods of northern Alabama. In each place, Zack saw how communities depend on their local forests for critical resources (e.g. In each place, Zack saw how communities depend on their local forests for critical resources (e.g. We co-led the $4.4M

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5 Tips To Find Diverse Candidates That Make Dollars And Sense

YoungUpstarts

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Whether you champion this issue or are forced to go along to get along, it is critical to learn how to effectively hire diverse candidates because bad hires — regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation – will sink the ship.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., and Verizon Communications Inc. Communications. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. For Twitter Founder, Its Hip to Be Square Inc.