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7 Highlights from Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. First, do not hire someone just because they have the domain expertise. Jeff elaborated, “You want to tee [your hires] to the state of the company.”

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Why Computer Vision Has Become a Major Investment Theme for Me

Both Sides of the Table

One of the most obvious to me was Nanit, that was brought to our firm by my colleague Jordan Hudson who met them team, fell in love with their founders & technology, and encouraged us to invest. It also helped that Jordan was about to have a baby of his own — Slim Shaney- who is now more than a year old (as is our investment).

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Some good investor questions: What is your barrier to entry?

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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

And we’ve been selected to pitch for the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Region’s Innovate for Refugees award in Amman, Jordan, based on our work in Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January. The founders?—?Alex

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Some good investor questions: What is your barrier to entry?