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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

VC Cafe

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . The term Metaverse was first coined by author Neil Stephenson in the novel ‘Snow Crush’ published in 1992. What is the metaverse?

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose with Liz Elting

Duct Tape Marketing

But I think what I thought was, as I said, there were 10,000 translation companies out there in 1992 when we started, but they were really companies that were started and run by translators who were enormously talented, but they were busy doing the translation work, so they couldn't scale their companies. I mean, there was no technology.

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. Following are two examples from my own life. This took our relationship to a new level.

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Does America Care Anymore? How We Can Change The Answer To “Yes”.

YoungUpstarts

What do we want our partners and clients to say about us? I’m convinced that the Pirates’ emphasis on culture is a big reason why the team won 94 games and made it to the post-season in 2013, after not having a winning record since 1992. Do I ignore the people on my team, or do I make time for and develop them? Be generous.

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Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How Greylock Partners Finds the Next Facebook – crowdspring.co/Ud9VE5. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992–2013 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nJ2Ms0. MUST READ post on women & men in tech by @mariakatris on @BuiltInChicago and her experiences – crowdspring.co/1xftfiX. 1nJ1vkG.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

9- My partner screamed it out. My partner and I were in college on Long Island and that’s also where we grew up. One night we were playing Call of Duty and my partner screamed out INCOMING TOMAHAWK, and something just clicked. Thanks to Dawn LaFontaine, Cat in the Box ! #9- Photo Credit: Andrew Shapiro.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

John has invested in various small businesses and served as a mentor and branding authority since his beginnings in 1992. He envisioned a means for long-distance partners and team members to stay in touch when he founded the audio-visual cloud conferencing platform Zoom in 2011. 8- Eric Yuan, Zoom. Photo Credit: Sarah Jameson.