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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Each of these represents a significant governmental effort to strengthen American competitiveness by affirming the idea that cities can be renewed and rise again if they develop a vibrant startup culture. In 2011, I was part of the Presidents Council on Jobs and Competitiveness with several other leaders in finance and tech.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing. So to everyone at WP Engine, let me repeat the message from one year ago: Look what we did !

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Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman Talk with Lindel Eakman about Transitioning Leadership at a VC Fund

Both Sides of the Table

So it was a timely conversation at this year’s Upfront Summit because the week of the Summit, Sequoia had announced that it was transitioning leadership from Jim Goetz to Roelof Botha (and US operations to Alfred Lin). The great firms transition day-to-day leadership and often those who don’t fail to protect their “franchise value.”

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Want to Build Employee Engagement? Invest in Your People Holistically.

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Glazer has established himself as a leader who invests in his team and in the culture of his organization. . Here, he shares his thoughts on capacity building as a leadership strategy. . For me, that point came in 2011, when our company, Acceleration Partners, was doing about $1 million in revenue and I joined EO.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Do they have a strong sense of culture? Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness (Tiger Moms & the true definition of success). When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where.

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Leading with Authenticity: How to Become and Remain an Authentic Brand

StartupNation

A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being. Most aren’t.

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Eliminating gender-based violence in Peru one ‘sonrisa’ at a time

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. YLAI provides a lot of useful help ranging from training to living experiences, cultural and work exchange, so take advantage of it. Can you expand on why you launched Tejiendo Sonrisas?