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Those Beautiful Nest Eggs

Lightspeed Venture Partners

As investors in the company since the early days, we here at Lightspeed have been honored to be a partner of Nest. Not only was he exceptionally gifted technically, he gained everyone’s respect for his integrity and strong convictions about the company’s product direction and overall strategy.

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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

First I was in production, and then I moved over to sales, and I thought, what a wonderful industry and what a necessary industry, but I think it can be done better. And sure, we did it with starting as a company that had almost no technology because in 1992, you could barely mode something. 02:13): So I was there for three years.

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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? But keep that time as short as possible and give the customer something to listen to: Research shows that music makes the wait feel much shorter, and that both music and product information will keep the customer on the line longer. What priorities drive us? 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.

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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.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

2- From the line of item for productions supplies. When I was trying to think of a name for my production rental company, a friend recommended giving it a name that only those within the industry would understand. The name “Line 204” comes from the line item for productions supplies in a production’s overall budget.

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