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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

We started talking about cycling and electronic shifters (which I definitely couldn’t afford) when he mentioned this new company. Just… talk to a lot of people, I guess? Moat, the biggest exit out of the bunch, was sourced when I met Mike Walrath at a tech event. It’s not just about investing.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

” But I went back to the office and talked with Stuart Lander & David Lapter and said, “no prizes for guessing which job Ethan’s going to take.” When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. How much upside is left there?”

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Five Tips for Giving a Professional or Technical Talk

This is going to be BIG.

Sometimes, the speaker is doing something like this in public for the first time, so I thought I’d take the time to share some of what we’ve learned from the best talks, and what I’ve picked up from doing a lot of public speaking myself. It will cause people to completely turn off for the rest of the talk. Just reach out and ask.)

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Talking AI with AI

Reid Hoffman

In this new series, I’m going to be talking about AI and the massive positive impact I believe it’s going to have on all facets of society. But I’m not just going to be talking about AI – I’m going to be talking with AI. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Reid Hoffman: Let’s start by talking about the Turing Test. The transcript follows.

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4 TED Talks On Productivity

YoungUpstarts

TED Talks touch on a large amount of topics and we decided – why not add our favorite productivity talks for you? Over time and with the smartphone boom it has changed how we consume these TED Talks. They started to add the videos to their website back in 2006 and as of March 2016 have 2,400 talks to watch for free.

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Doing > Talking

Startup Lessons Learned

And yet, each year, I also try and get beyond talking. If all we do is talk, pontificate, and speculate together, this will have been a gigantic waste of time. I am proud of all that we have accomplished together. My number one goal, after all, is to change real-world entrepreneurial practice.

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The ROI On Cybersecurity: How To Talk To The Board In Their Language

YoungUpstarts

The post The ROI On Cybersecurity: How To Talk To The Board In Their Language appeared first on Young Upstarts. Even in the face of rising cybersecurity threats, convincing your board about the ROI on cybersecurity isn't always easy or straightforward.

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