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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

For instance, tracking ‘months-of-runway’ combined with the month-over-month change to that metric allows us to rapidly identify companies that may be distressed. In-house, brand-name guru. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

People, not just metrics. I went to Rhode Island School of Design. And a person I hired named Belinda Johnson, she was my general counsel, then she became my COO, now my board member. And what I mean by that is, almost every metric, every graph, every number, is a person. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

Up and Running

His name is Eric Cacciatore. Jonathan: They track a few different metrics, like the ease of starting a business, ease of hiring. All those things are variables that go into this metric. Here’s a surprising, Providence Rhode Island. He’s the host of the podcast Restaurant Unstoppable. Jonathan: Yes.

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