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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. So we have to think of ourselves as partners. If we’re making a consumer internet company, it should be good for people consuming it. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

In my field—online English language teaching—there are a lot of literal business names out there: Joe’s Internet English School, Learn English Online via Skype, etc. I came up with the name Excel Global Partners for my corporate consulting firm because of the vision I had for the company. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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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., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Rhode Island.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. So we have to think of ourselves as partners. If we’re making a consumer internet company, it should be good for people consuming it. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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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

20:32) On believing in the internet as an immune system, then learning it's not and taking responsibility.(22:55) A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. Your customers and your investors like partners?

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

Pam lives and works in Bristol, Rhode Island. Currently I live and work as an independent contractor, right next to the ocean, in Rhode Island, the “ocean state&#. I have also out of necessity adapted to the influence of the Internet, where horizontal logo alignment seems to rule.

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New England's Top 10 Innovators

Seeing Both Sides

My partner, Michael Greeley, refers to Bob as a "National treasure" and New England is very fortunate to have him. Johnson democratized mutual funds and the stock market, pioneered online brokerage and sophisticated call centers, and has created tens of thousands of jobs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.