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Less Multi-Tasking, More Meditation: A New Model For Start-up Leadership

YoungUpstarts

This state of affairs not only led me to found a company, Oh My Green, that’s exclusively focused on health and wellness in the workplace, but also to develop a new approach to leadership — one that inspires people to bring their best selves (instead of their most stressed selves) to work. billion, or $1,685 per employee, annually.

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Simply Awesome Leadership in Computer Science Education

Feld Thoughts

In it Fred announced a new initiative in New York City called The Academy For Software Engineering. If successful, it will have a profound impact on computer science education in the New York public high school system. I woke up this morning to a post from Fred Wilson titled The Academy For Software Engineering.

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Sixteen Signs You May Be Practicing Cowardly Leadership

YoungUpstarts

by Mike Staver, author of “ Leadership Isn’t For Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems ” It’s a tricky time to be a leader. You don’t have to be an out-and-out coward to let fear impact your leadership. By definition, all leaders “mess with people’s lives.”

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. Rinse and repeat for 10 days and I keep reminding myself that I’ve got this to do list of new deals the stack rank and there was that company I had seen and liked a couple of weeks ago. everything.

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It’s About Women Running Startups

Steve Blank

I had a better one when I came back from New York. I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School. New York Startups. Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Entrepreneurs and the Wikipedia Road Map

The Startup Magazine

This should be all you need to convince your leadership team that inclusion is advantageous. To capture this search engine gold, the leadership team must first agree this is a priority, create a budget for it, and then adopt a notability strategy. New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg ).

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.