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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. Student debt alone in the US is now $1 trillion, which $100 billion being added / year. These types of trends are unsustainable. As they say, “necessity is the mother of all invention.”

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. Brands can’t be a-political, they need to stand for something. Make a call and have a view. Eg Twitter wants to ‘To become “the pulse of the planet.”’ We are starting to understand the bridge between the screen and the real. GENERATION D (Digital).

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How This Entrepreneur is Giving Back to Charity Through Collagen Peptides

Hearpreneur

Glen was one of the Navy SEALS who was killed after hours of fighting heavily armed terrorists in Benghazi, Libya, in September of 2012. He was a long time San Diego resident and Navy SEAL. He was 2012 San Diego UT ‘person of the year’ alongside Ty Woods for their bravery in the Benghazi Libya terrorist attacks.

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How This Entrepreneur is Giving Back to Charity Through Collagen Peptides

Hearpreneur

Glen was one of the Navy SEALS who was killed after hours of fighting heavily armed terrorists in Benghazi, Libya, in September of 2012. He was a long time San Diego resident and Navy SEAL. He was 2012 San Diego UT ‘person of the year’ alongside Ty Woods for their bravery in the Benghazi Libya terrorist attacks.

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

online.wsj.com

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Miscues Before Libya Assault 453 comments. Stock Quotes.