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Why Your Startup is More Likely to Succeed if You’re Authentic and Passionate

Both Sides of the Table

And if you’re going to wake up at 5am in the morning to catch a flight to attend a trade show or stay up late networking at a dinner with your industry peer group then it ought to be something that is your extreme passion. Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact. During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few.

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The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

TechCrunch

Whether it’s the education tech space, financial services, health tech, consumer products or other innovative digital services for seniors, tech companies have big opportunities to empower older adults. Don’t make a product “for old people” Older adults often get overlooked by tech companies. Older adults have so much to offer.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. In the process of launching the hotline, Fireside is placing itself in a really interesting position.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Expert Networks.

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NMSDC Partners with Leading Business Organizations to Offer ScaleUP Capacity Building Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

Participants will engage in a structured curriculum that combines higher education and expert-led webinars, workshops, personalized coaching, peer learning, and access to other vital resources. The curriculum for ScaleUP will focus on 15 subject areas comprising: Strategic Growth Planning. Pitching for Success and Growth.