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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

I didn’t know anything about the internet, but I knew that he was a very smart guy, so I called him and asked if I could come. He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest! We worked together through good times and bad.

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

I didn’t know anything about the internet, but I knew that he was a very smart guy, so I called him and asked if I could come. He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest! We worked together through good times and bad.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. Joe Beard joined Perot Jain as a Partner in 2015.

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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

YoungUpstarts

Fears over technology stealing sales jobs is nothing new, it happened following the advent of both the phone and Internet. In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S. Job Forecast Study ranks sales jobs as the number one job employers are currently looking to fill, ranking 10% higher than technical positions.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets. Prehype , Rocket Internet , and numerous others. engineers, designers, business developers).