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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Kevin Hale, Founder, Wufoo, and Partner, Y Combinator. Justin Kan, Founder, Twitch, and Partner, Y Combinator. Alfred Lin, Former COO, Zappos, and Partner, Sequoia Capital. They also love hiring creative minds, so they ask potential employees about their hobbies at the interview stage. Lecture 14: How To Operate.

Cofounder 100
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Addicted to Ruthless Efficiency

OnlyOnce

Two things popped up in the last few days that are making it clear to me that there’s another issue all of us — whether you’re a CEO or CXO or an entry level employee — will face. has been a deeply-ingrained part of my leadership Operating System for 20-25 years now. Sometimes I even get one done in 15 minutes.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

We were not forced to lay anyone off and actually added employees during the pandemic. I would say this is what I am most proud of but I am also proud of the traction that my new business has built in its first full year of operation. Photo Credit: Justin A. This was not the easiest task but we trusted in our process and it worked.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Previously, he was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Arrowhawk Capital Partners, an investment company and the Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

Up and Running

You can go so far in a single direction with too much freedom that maybe that’s not the best for people around you, or employees, or partners. I headhunt some of the most successful independently owned restaurant operators to kind of find out what it takes to be successful in one of the most challenging industries that exists.

Texas 60
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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., At its peak, in 2010, Goodmail had roughly 40 employees. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Connecticut.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No phone system. No legal muck.