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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). One of these without the other is a recipe for disaster.

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5 Promising Israeli Startups In 2020

YoungUpstarts

Drivenets.com has won multiple awards from leading industry authorities such as Network Transformation Awards 2019, 2019 Diamond Technology Reviews BTR, WCA Winner 2019, Glotel Awards 2019 Finalist, and #1 Most Promising Start-Ups in Israel for 2019 Globes, among others. Intezer.com.

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Artificial Intelligence Can Help Or Hurt Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

This doesn’t require any great technical acumen, just vigilant attention to values and rights. As a current example, Tessa Lau , a computer scientist and cofounder of robotics company Savioke, says she frequently sees designs that neglect to take into account the perspectives of women and other minority groups.

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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. 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. Back to Contents Written by Bob Campbell on Sept. I was one of his interviewers.