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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country.

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5 Tips For Stress-Free Business Travel

YoungUpstarts

You always feel as if you’re going to forget something, which puts you on high alert and ratchets up your stress level. “If The following pointers will help: . Keep a Bag Packed. One of the biggest stressors of travel is packing. Create Space in Your Schedule. . Be strategic with how you set up your schedule on a business trip.

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. Such a team can also often do the work for you, which helps to ratchet-up your effectiveness. One of the key ways I stay motivated is having a business partner who shares the same passion and goals as me. 14- Six tips.

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Become a Great Leader – Harness the Power of Primal Emotions

Up and Running

She is a Founding Partner of Nura Group, a consulting firm dedicated to enhancing team innovation and performance and specializes in defining the super-energy of elite teams and helping organizations create it in their own teams. When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

Some major venture firms including Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners have purchased more stocks of companies they first backed as startups this year, defying the industry norm of selling those shares soon after public listings. Venture-Capital Firms Buy Up Public Tech Stocks as Startup Market Stalls (Source: WSJ ).

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How VCs Make Money….Hopefully

ithacaVC

First, VCs get capital commitments from limited partners (i.e., Second, the General Partner of VC1 is the entity that runs the fund (let’s call it GP1). So, in this respect, you can think of GP1 as a limited partner. It literally has an investment share in the fund just like any other limited partner. investors).