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Hanging Out In Pioneer Square

Feld Thoughts

We are significant LPs in the fund and my partner Lindel is joining the PSL advisory board. I was part of the championing of Windows NT, regularly suggesting to the leadership at AmeriData that we needed to get on the NT train. Today, PSL announced their new $80 million venture fund.

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Techstars and The Nature Conservancy

Feld Thoughts

So has my partner Seth and his wife Greeley, who is currently a trustee on the TNC Colorado board. Over the years, we’ve been personally involved in a number of projects, such as protecting the Anchor River in Anchor Point, Alaska (the town Amy grew up in until she was eight.)

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[Review] Great By Choice

YoungUpstarts

I found the answers to these and more in “ Great by Choice “, a highly thought provoking business book by bestselling “ Good to Great ” author Jim Collins and his partner Morten T. According to the authors, the secret of resilient companies which thrive under pressure is what they term as 10X Leadership.

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Attention: Female Founders on the Rise

The Startup Magazine

This implies a lack fundamental skills, including leadership and confidence to grow a business and hire multiple employees. Native American/Alaska. ConVerge is partnering with the Naperville Chamber of Commerce and Itasca Bank to host free, monthly business roundtables in Naperville, Roselle and Itasca. Race/Ethnicity. #

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

But it's also a really interesting story, because Los Angeles was very early in rolling out drive-through testing for the City of Los Angeles, thanks to the leadership of Mayor Garcetti. We've just been doing our first tests in Florida and doing our first delivery to Alaska as well. We were supposed to have the kickoff meeting.

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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

While in Puentas Arenas I traveled with a group mostly composed of people from the American west coast, predominantly Seattle and Alaska. There were a bunch of burly men from Alaska who had all been friends for more than 20 years. One worked the North Slope of Alaska. We had partners and felt supported. Inspiration.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) When I ran Rocket Science our corporate partners were in Japan (Sega), Germany (Bertelsmann) and Italy (Mondadori) and some travel was unavoidable. Thanks to my wife for being a great partner. Long vacations. We would take at least a 3-week vacation every summer.