Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We tend to stick by founders in tough times and often roll up our sleeves in the darkest hours. A Sense of Purpose. Great leaders are doers.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 16, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When choosing a name, we wanted to incorporate the concept of collectiveness that is so important in a world connected by social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). He displayed a deep mastering of the power of the Internet, direct marketing and Twitter to manage his business.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. The company also changed its official name from Wal-Mart Stores to Walmart last December in order to highlight its growing omnichannel focus. Walmart’s $3.3B

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

20 years ago, the classic startup model was to have young founders start a breakthrough company, then bring in “grey hair” in the form of experienced executives once it was time to scale the business. In other words, Ben asserts that bringing in a professional CEO should be a last resort for a founder. During the dot com era, Yahoo!’s

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The public tagline is everybody has a high IQ, but in reality there are lots of dwebes running around – I know, I’ve managed plenty of them. And don’t use the word “silicon” in your name. SVs leaders smartly realize the win ratio can be pretty low if you have a few enormous winners.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

T ool: Curalate URL: Curalate.com What it does: Monitors and measures traffic from “visual-based platforms”—namely (for now, at least) Pinterest. PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. First Name. Company Name. * Senior Management. Publishing Management. Executive Management.

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