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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. Some of our most successful deals have been in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore and London. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies.

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The Tech Mentorship Gap: How Code2040 Is Solving. What You Can Do. And How LinkedIn Can Help

Hunter Walker

I’d love to see LinkedIn standardize the notion of community service as a field in your profile. 2013 Class 18 Fellows - CMU, Stanford, MIT, University of Maryland- Baltimore County, Virginia Tech, University of Pittsburg, Harvey Mudd College, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, University of Huston, CSU Channel Islands, Notre Dame de Namur.

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In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU!

davetroy.com

July 29th, 2010 | baltimore , business , design , economics , philosophy , software , trends My last couple of posts have been about finding technical cofounders, either at the start or over time. If there’s no speaker, make sure there’s a focus or targeted community you want to understand better. Be the speaker.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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We believe it’s important to have our partners all based in one location so our starting point is wanting our partners to be based in LA and be committed to making this city a vibrant startup community that is now the third largest in the country. As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

This invite was extended after the wife of a Baltimore (MD) doctor read my book, Anna’s Journey: How many lives does one person get? Having the means to further improve our work environment, as well as give back to our community, has been extremely rewarding and exciting for our team. Image Credit: Anna Renault. 12 – Focus.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? In Baltimore, I’d start by working at the Beehive coworking space , attending some Bmore on Rails events , searching for other technically-themed meetups , visiting the Node , and getting involved with Betascape.