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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Also Available On. Show Summary. Our Guest .

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5 Startup Tips From Successful Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

To that end, here are five essential startup tips from some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs. Syed Balkhi, Founder of WPBeginner, Optinmonster. Syed Balkhi is a serial entrepreneur, whose most recent success stories include WPBeginner and Optinmonster. Sara Mohammadi, Co-Founder of Eventbox.

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Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks

management.fortune.cnn.com

Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks August 7, 2012: 10:57 AM ET. Despite the assumption that entrepreneurs act like arrogant babies, most exceptional leaders tend to balance their convictions with a healthy dose of humility. Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Business School.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Weve hosted some interesting tech entrepreneurs. TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif., Weve had people from Australia and Singapore.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their daily, weekly, quartely or yearly goals around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and here are the insightful responses. #1- A lot of great entrepreneurs who start here almost never end here. Photo Credit: Paige Arnof-Fenn.

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Mexican Food and Entrepreneurship for Lunch in Dubai

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been doing some of the art stuff, visited one of our LPs, and have been getting together with local entrepreneurs and investors. On Monday, I had breakfast with Fadi and Fares Ghandour who run Mena Venture Investments and are co-investors with us in littleBits. The region is tightly connected.