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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really. Not at all.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Any company that aspires to maintain a leadership position needs to position itself to exploit these two macro trends. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital.

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The Year Of Customer Delight: In 2015, Rewire Your Culture Around Service

YoungUpstarts

That’s why, if you want to make 2015 the year you make the leap, commit to my Seven Rules of Service Leadership: Rule 1: Declare service a top priority. Back in 2007 the company wasn’t failing but it was perceived as “traditional and conservative.” Declaration is so powerful. He is the founder of UP!

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. Then there’s Nobu and the institution he has built through all of his restaurants in many different cities in the United States and maybe abroad. Dan has a B.A. Why is that?

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

But once again, Brian and his team showed a remarkable ability to adapt, and they did so in a way that preserved the health of the entire network of Airbnb. What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? And it was 2007. I mean obviously, we’re a network business and networks get stronger the bigger they get.

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Episode 21: Customer Service and Profit Growth with Angie Strader

Mike Michalowicz

Angie Strader has a business degree from Texas A&M and has 20+ years of professional management and leadership experience. Her career began as a police officer and hostage negotiator for eight years in the United States Air Force, as well as time spent as an entrepreneur and in corporate America. which began in March 2007.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

But once again, Brian and his team showed a remarkable ability to adapt, and they did so in a way that preserved the health of the entire network of Airbnb. What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? And it was 2007. I mean obviously, we’re a network business and networks get stronger the bigger they get.