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New Markets Mean More Than Just New Area Codes

YoungUpstarts

For that reason, managers who relocate into a very different area should look into leadership coaching to ensure that they can interact effectively with established employees. The Great Plains energy boom is generating millions in income, while Detroit continues to crumble into oblivion. How’s the L.A. market for snow boots?

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Out of the Crisis #9, the founders of Frontline Foods on the moral imperative to support frontline workers at scale

Startup Lessons Learned

You can't go to Spirit Rock or Green College. New York, of course, being one of the epicenters for the pandemic in our country, but other cities being hit very hard, New Orleans and Detroit, and what's happening in Mississippi right now. And that was $100,000 that came in to bootstrap Chicago and Detroit and Atlanta.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

50:17) The Heroes Journey, Joseph Campbell (55:03) The need for human connection in leadership and what Brian hopes former employees will take with them into the world. (56:46) At the time it was called the green movement. 500,000 to Detroit. 6:06) Resilience and adaptability in people and companies. (8:22) So 20 years ago.