Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We tend to stick by founders in tough times and often roll up our sleeves in the darkest hours. A Sense of Purpose. Great leaders are doers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). Andy Sack, Dave McClure, Brad Feld & Jason Nazar (photo by Jolie Odell).

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

9- Be the #1 Small Giant in Hawaii. You see like Silicon Valley, Hawaii is becoming its own startup paradise. That’s why my BHAG for Brandalaxy is to be the #1 brand strategist firm in Hawaii. That may not sound like much, but I’m a massage therapist by profession without even one biology class to my name!

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

20 years ago, the classic startup model was to have young founders start a breakthrough company, then bring in “grey hair” in the form of experienced executives once it was time to scale the business. In other words, Ben asserts that bringing in a professional CEO should be a last resort for a founder. During the dot com era, Yahoo!’s

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. The company also changed its official name from Wal-Mart Stores to Walmart last December in order to highlight its growing omnichannel focus. Walmart’s $3.3B

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

T ool: Curalate URL: Curalate.com What it does: Monitors and measures traffic from “visual-based platforms”—namely (for now, at least) Pinterest. PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. First Name. Company Name. * and the impact of those for our traffic.” Merging Brands with Technology. Trade Show.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. His name is Charlie and he responded to our question last week about whether you should stick to the plan or change it. Peter: Yeah, that’s a perfect question for a recent article we posted called Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak.

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