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

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Finding Your Fire And Igniting Change

Duct Tape Marketing

No matter the juncture, no matter my role, I've always been a person that provided data to either a person or community so that they could create change. That would be harmful to the work that we do and to our communities. Her website — Terribwilliams.com. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- I am proud of this work, especially as I read emails from readers who take the time to write and let me know how much the information helped them! Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 3- Pivoting. Photo Credit: Taylor Drake. Thanks to Khris Steven, KhrisDigital !

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

Before that I was an equal partner in Kaggle, which is a popular data science competition community. I spent 10 years creating and running an insurance pricing company, 10 years creating and running a popular email provider called Fastmail, and almost 10 years as a very boring corporate strategy management consultant at McKinsey.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? The first three short films highlighted three states (New York, Florida, and Montana) and we will be releasing our 4 th installment profiling Louisiana on CNN.com in November. More fearless? Thanks Christy!

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I Hate Networking

Austin Startup

Years back, I was part of a leadership program in Lafayette, Louisiana and an alumna wrote me a note of congratulations for being selected to the program. I’m an avid reader of the Austin Business Journal because it’s a great resource for learning about inspiring business and community leaders.

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My Journey as a Diverse Member of a Junior League

Austin Startup

When I moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2004, I was inspired by a large delegation of young African-American leaders. I aspired to be like them, and I sought out challenging, fulfilling experiences that would help me become a community leader who could help others like me have an impact. I joined JLL in 2004.

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