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Nonprofit Organizations: How They Work and What They Do

Board Effect

National Nonprofits Regional Nonprofits Local Nonprofits National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) SoCal Grantmakers Hope Meadows Intergenerational Community Wounded Warrior Project Florida Philanthropic Network The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee Catholic Charities USA Community to Community Youth Villages National Council of Nonprofits Farm Labor (..)

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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

When I took the job, the New York startup ecosystem was nascent. At 30, I had built one of the best professional networks in New York City--a market that was on the verge of passing Boston as the second largest startup ecosystem in the country. Fred and Brad didn''t have the reputations they do now.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

New Mexico Angels. Albuquerque. 2) Competition for deals in regions, such as Silicon Valley, New York City and Boston, has resulted in higher and, in many cases, rising valuation. b) New York (2 groups) – $2.9 (in millions). Boise Angel Alliance. up slightly. Fargo/Morehead Angels. Maple Leaf Angels.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. If your goal is to star in the movies, you’d certainly punch your ticket in Hollywood and New York, right? Deals were getting done there.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

New Hampshire: Portsmouth New Mexico: Albuquerque New York: Brooklyn Ithaca Manhattan North Carolina: Asheville Charlotte Durham Ohio: Athens Cincinnati, The Brandery, 1141 Vine St.

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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

In Airbnbs case, these consisted of going door to door in New York, recruiting new users and helping existing ones improve their listings. But if the market exists you can usually start by recruiting users manually and then gradually switch to less manual methods. [ 3 ] Airbnb is a classic example of this technique.

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