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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

She is a leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public. 10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] She's a leading venture capitalist in Silicone Valley where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public.

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8 of the Best Executive Assistant Conferences in 2018

YoungUpstarts

It’s a community to connect, collaborate, and share advice on how to overcome the wide spectrum of challenges you face in your role.). Locations and Dates: Silicon Valley, CA – March 29, 2018. Silicon Valley, CA – September 21-22, 2018. Silicon Valley, CA – November 16 – 17, 2018.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

In Africa if you take a risk and it goes wrong it can have a far greater impact on you, your employees and community. In South Africa, 31% of entrepreneurs fear failure, close to the highest figures in the west, and Africa does lag behind when it comes to discussing business failure.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. He also served nearly 2 years as an EIR and Scout at True Ventures one of the Silicon Valley firms I most respect. He has a lovely family – Joy and Zion – who are also active members of the LA community.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. If you're in town Saturday night, you'll want to stop by Ignite: Lean Startup , a community-run event that features a number of new voices in the Lean Startup community. Welcome to our fair city. Co-founder, Backblaze.

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At SXSW 2017; bots, films and a Vice President

Austin Startup

Walk With Me goes deep inside the Zen community highlighting the life and meditations of Thich Nhat Hanh in the pursuit for deeper connections with the world around us. Barbecue dives into the ritual practices performed across the world from South Africa to Sweden journeying to 12 countries to talk about the art of grilling meat.