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

David Teten

based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. of 3,981 VC funds below $2b in size returned at least 2X Distributions to Paid-In Capital (2X) or more. All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male.

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Five Reasons Every CEO Should Give Back On Giving Tuesday And Beyond

YoungUpstarts

No doubt, leadership is a big responsibility and with that responsibility comes opportunities to make the right choices. While he was raised in war-torn Iran, he moved to America with a dream and vision, becoming an American citizen and a successful business owner. That is something for which CEOs should also be grateful.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. The threat is here; it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. This post offers a few days’ worth of thinking about what I saw. (If

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“What Unites Us” —Important Lessons from @danrather at the #UpfrontSummit

Both Sides of the Table

He was a pioneer in reporting the civil rights struggle, Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra, The Gulf War and so many more historical moments in our history. Hitler undermined the press and the courts and importantly placed his loyalists in the intelligence services and undermined military and judicial leadership.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

Setting up a publishing company to internationally distribute the book, initially in 3-4 languages. In three years’ time, I hope to have grown my hostel chain to three locations and to have expanded my tour company to both Iran and Kyrgzstan. Thanks to Scott Cuthbert, Safeopedia.com ! #4- 4- Reduce churn rate by half.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So I think the most interesting aspect of this article is how just mind-blowing that distribution is. And one of the first things that you saw is that you had daily cases being exported from Italy, especially from Italy but also from Iran but especially from Italy, to all the corners of the Earth. I was going to call it an abyss.