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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Fad, Shmad. New Domain Extensions Like.FAMILY Are Here To Stay.

YoungUpstarts

Complementary domains” simply means differentiating the url through the top-level domain (TLD), while keeping the domain name itself static. Complementary domains give businesses the ability to maintain more control over their brands and create a better experience for their customers.

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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Atlassian is up a few points this morning, and the GitLab leadership mused that “half a billion was added to their valuation” almost overnight. Satya strikes again.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and present. He created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle garage to one of the world’s largest employers. Yeah, it that he built in the garage of a rented home in Seattle.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

Working at a mighty mid-sized agency provides employees the unique opportunity to grow within their positions and assume leadership roles. We create a culture of leadership through our comfortable environment where everyone from a new intern to the CMO can share ideas and brainstorm with the executive team. 13 – Take Our Time.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

might have been a lot less differentiated. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

And if you look elsewhere at places like Seattle you see the same pattern; Microsoft may have been built in Redmond, but Amazon and many of the more recent startups like Zillow, Redfin, Zulily, etc are all in Seattle’s downtown core. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago?