OnlyOnce

APRIL 26, 2022

Throughout my 20+ years of entrepreneurship , I’ve led four companies (including Bolster, where I’m a co-founder and CEO today) and served on eight boards. I’ve learned that strong boards can help propel a company forward and I’ve also witnessed how weak and ineffective boards can hold companies back.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 14, 2011

In his view, board practices generally in the venture industry are substandard and there are few organized resources to guide board members, outside of the work done by the National Venture Capital Association under the leadership of Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners. Collins is financing the project out-of-pocket.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 30, 2023

I’m kinda proud of the guy (But I’m so not ready for him to go away for college ) A quick update on Purpose Group Purpose Group , the purpose-driven holding company that I founded with Jonathan Morgan and David Cummings, is off to a great start. (My Adam and me having a pint at our first 48in48 London event.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

I sold one of my companies (Engauge) to a holding company, and the result was quite frankly disastrous. We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. Every company has values that they’ve written down.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. In the future, companies won’t be able to exit and enter businesses as quickly as in the last decade. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price. Dilenschneider'

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. In the future, companies won’t be able to exit and enter businesses as quickly as in the last decade. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Facebook’s leadership takes a scorched earth approach to fighting Yahoo! New CEOs often like to take a bold step early in their tenure to establish their leadership, appease restless shareholders, or otherwise tell the broader marketplace that things are changing.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

He also shared his perspective on M&A (including Uber’s recent acquisitions of Postmates and Drizly), autonomous vehicles, the complexities of working in highly regulated industries, and how his personal and professional background shaped the way he approaches leadership today. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT. It’s always a combination.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We had code yellow’s fail, and a commonality with those was that the teams involved likely did not agree with leadership that it was actually that important. NG: Beacon Software is a new company that my co-founder Divya and I started earlier this year. We believe there are multiple ways to deliver great software to users.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2020

I am a huge fan of Charlie Munger, who is the Vice Chairman of the famed holding company Berkshire Hathaway. Being an entrepreneur, I have always admired the leadership, and Warren Buffett has inspired me a lot with his leadership skills. Thanks to Rick Maningas, Best Choice House Buyers LLC ! #9- 9- Charlie Munger.

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