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5 Tips to Gain From People Who Don’t Think Like You

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as a business advisor, that’s probably the biggest hurdle to success encountered by every new business owner. I often recommend to technical entrepreneurs (logical) that they team with a cofounder who has a business perspective (emotional customer appeal).

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Artificial Intelligence Can Help Or Hurt Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe her guidance and insight on these issues is equally important to every business owner and entrepreneur in understanding and marketing the principles of artificial intelligence to their business solutions and their customers, along the following lines: Don’t forget the social implications as well as business.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.

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It’s the Company you keep

Eric Friedman

These things are right up my alley because it’s what I love doing and align with my goal to be the best advisor to early-stage founders. Matt Harrigan (cofounder Company ; CEO Company Ventures) reached out when I set out on my own, and he was kind enough to lend me a desk in the building.

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SXSW Startups: New Age Meats

Austin Startup

New Age Meats cofounders Brian Spears and Andra Necula The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Brian Spears , Cofounder and CEO, spoke about his San Francisco-based company.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials: Afterword (by Bob Campbell)

Austin Startup

19, 2019: I first met Brett Hurt over 25 years ago. Over that period, Brett was an entrepreneur immersed in the startup world. I had the good fortune of being asked by Brett to serve as an advisor to data.world and readily accepted. I have found a CEO committed to building and developing talent, along with his cofounders.

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Opportunity Hub Partners with Capital Factory To Bridge Opportunity Gap

Austin Startup

With a concentration on providing a more diverse workforce, Capital Factory and Opportunity Hub are partnering in 2019 to converge on the Austin tech scene this spring at SXSW. Our mission is to create connections between entrepreneurs that move their ventures forward, and one of the key pillars they need is DIVERSE TALENT.

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