Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Amount of assets managed? People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true. How do they get paid? By commission?

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

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. Thanks to Janet Bannister, Managing Partner, Real Ventures , and Erika Cramer , Co-Managing Member, How Women Invest, for thoughtful comments. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The class is joint listed in Stanford’s International Policy department as well as in the Engineering School, in the department of Management Science and Engineering. — Why This Course?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Struggling to manage costs, the start-up closed shop as quickly as it opened. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif., While Airbnb also allows professional property managers to list their rentals, a majority of its 200,000 listings are by people renting out their primary homes, the company says.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Our proposition to the class is that once the pattern is understood we can manage it and hopefully accelerate it. General/Flag Officers achieved their rank because of their ability to lead people and manage known processes. Simply stated, this cycle is a repeatable pattern that has been occurring for hundreds if not thousands of years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Amount of assets managed? People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true. How do they get paid? By commission?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Moving from hierarchic to flat structures – Some of the peer-to-peer markets are driven where a flat structure is better suited than a top-down model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2023

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Amount of assets managed? People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true. How do they get paid? By commission?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Amount of assets you manage? People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters, large stakeholders, or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true. How do you get paid?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Amount of assets you manage? People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters, large stakeholders, or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore”. Sounds too good to be true. How do you get paid?

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 7, 2014

So far over 1,300 people have signed up for Startup CEO from countries as far-flung as the China, Brasil, Iran, the U.K., Books Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Management Startup CEO Startup Revolution NovoEd' Australia and, of course, Silicon valley. This is an exciting extension of the book for me to watch unfold.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Iran isn’t well-known for its cyber skills, but this individual definitely placed them on the map. The former member of Iran’s military held valuable footage such as upcoming episodes of the massively popular ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and other shows for ransom. Behzad Mesri.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In Lebanon, Hi **ah continues to shoot rockets aimed at civilians in Israel and Iran has once more threatened a ‘devastating response’ before the US elections. Iran threatened it will deal Israel a ‘devastating blow’ even before the US elections. There are still 101 Israeli hostages held in G**a.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Our proposition to the class is that once the pattern is understood we can manage it and hopefully accelerate it. General/Flag Officers achieved their rank because of their ability to lead people and manage known processes. Simply stated, this cycle is a repeatable pattern that has been occurring for hundreds if not thousands of years.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

The Office of Foreign Assets Control administers and enforces various economic sanctions programs; you may be familiar with the restrictions and embargoes that are placed on countries such as North Korea or Iran which are designed to put foreign policy pressure on those and other governments. Check with your banking or financial institution.

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Mucker Lab

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Sam is a Persian Prince – and you know I am deeply proud of our shared Iran roots – and Theodor is Swedish. Sweden is pretty much my favorite non-Iran country. I was fortunate enough to have a great team of people who stepped in to help me manage it after Everipedia started consuming more and more of my time.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2010

Four excellent sessions at 11am: - 2009 Iran Election will hopefully settle an ongoing argument I’m having about social media’s true impact on real-world events. If you can manage a 10am, go easy on yourself and check out The Art of Eating In. Rub some dirt on it, as my father used to say, and get back in the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. The billions of dollars managed by mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, university endowments, pensions, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and the like need to find returns for their money.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Trading lanes that were once calm and free, are being contested by geopolitical actors such as Iran, UK, China, USA and Russia. Risk management, more specifically business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning are the shining beacons of hope. Shipping is being diverted. So, How Can You Overcome Them?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

No matter on which side of this month’s debate over the Iran nuclear agreement you happen to fall on, we all agree that talking beats destroying and even the most ardent foes of President Obama’s deal with the Iranian government will surely agree that the attempt at an agreement is preferable to a military option.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

From entry-level employees to managers to entrepreneurs, the only way to create long-term sustainability is to develop people who will continue to lead. 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.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The teapot dictators in Iran and North Korea may get all the ink, but it is the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian technocrats with their quiet defense of free markets and trade that make hay. Growing Globally Has Never Been Easier. And you and the world will be richer for it. Looking for Opportunities Now?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2018

Good insights for leaders and managers … Square Defangs Difficult Decisions with this System — Here’s How – [link] pic.twitter.com/m9EmDROeT4. This is a fascinating long read … Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader 'Makes Hitler Look Good' – [link] pic.twitter.com/VOY0FMIYDJ.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Transformify

JANUARY 21, 2020

These may include interim CEO and CFO contract jobs, SAP and Oracle experts, senior developers and Product Managers, etc. As part of an HR Suite, Transformify Freelance Platform is used by employers who are not only looking to hire talented freelancers but also to automate the management of their contingent workforce.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Each time in the past that we have invented such technology, we have found new and unique solutions to manage that emerging communications medium to help us create a stronger, better society. A step change in technology requires a step change in our approach to managing its effects. The Challenge of Social Media.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Dara manages Uber’s fast-growing business in 63 countries around the world and leads a global team of more than 22,000 employees. I was born in Iran and I grew up there. during a time period when immigrants were welcome, even though we were coming from Iran and relationships between Iran and the U.S. You came to the U.S.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

seed round for securing and managing non-human identities such as APIs, bots, and service accounts! Good stuff Maya Cohen and team Monto for coming out of stealth with a $9M seed round for your e-invoicing platform to bring order to B2B payments! Way to go Ofir Har-Chen and team Clutch Security on raising an $8.5M

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Korea, Iran, et al.), Each year, Growthink reviews hundreds of startup and emerging company opportunities and selects those with the best management teams, market opportunities, and financial prospects. the modern world has become a perfectly competitive market in all of the best senses. And as they, like the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Our goal is to make the enormous volume of real-time information more manageable for the 99% of companies that lack the infrastructure to process these volumes in real time. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. But Twitter’s management team wasn’t hostile.

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management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Management. Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. Exposing managements dirty little secret. Business School. Executive Dream Team. Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks August 7, 2012: 10:57 AM ET. By Anthony Tjan. Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Most Popular.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). Today, China can do this in the Pacific and to a limited extent, Iran has this capability in the Persian Gulf. And yes, like any complex project they still manage to be over budget and miss their delivery schedule.).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

And of course any kind of application could be written to run on this infrastructure including things like a file management system that could compete with Dropbox, a database or raw storage company that competes with Amazon’s AWS or something that doesn’t exist already in today’s world.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

This is a guest post by Kevin Baxpehler , co-founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Our new, “new normal “ The ceasefire with Hamas will only buy us temporary calm until Iran has re-loaded Hamas for another round. At the time of this writing Israel and Hamas just signed a ceasefire. Photo Credit: AFP.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So when a fractured world where the media is as politicized as it has ever been, who managed to get this message out? 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.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Clear Goals : The immediate threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea provide a unifying goal: to rapidly develop and deliver cutting-edge technologies, advanced weapons systems, and innovative operating concepts to deter aggression or win a war.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

According to CFD brokerTradeFW.com , the Forex market has been affected by the Iran sanctions, when President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. This division created a rupture in the U.S.’ relationship with the Middle East, but it also undermined the dominance of the U.S.

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