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My Number One Advice for Startups or VCs: Conviction > Consensus

Both Sides of the Table

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. It spoke to me because it so resonates with my nearly daily advice to entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance.

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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

At the beginning of 2015, I started a “figure-it-out fund” and used a percentage of Accessories & Essentials’ sales over the next few months to finance it. Is there any advice that you would give to other YLAI Network members regarding entrepreneurship? Create community.

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The best advice startups will never follow

Berkonomics

Dave’s note: This is a reprint of a 2015 insight that seems to have struck a chord with investors and entrepreneurs. None of this advice has changed… Let me tell you a few short hair–raising stories of entrepreneurs who have raised money and regretted it later. Every contact should be a learning experience.

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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

Both Sides of the Table

Because even in 2015 I still see people riffing on ideas and working on business plans, product flows or coding on projects without first forming a company, signing contracts that assign intellectual property to that company and trusting that “friends” would never sue you. I would like to just offer some very simple advice: 1.

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Meet the man empowering young leaders by starting with their computer repairs

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

On top of his demanding work of technology repairs, Janeel has made the time to discover new ways to help others as a radio personality and program director at Dominion Radio since 2015 with his program IT Talks. What advice would you give to future leaders? . My advice to future leaders is that you can make an impact now.

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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2015 I opened up my Facebook page to the public. In 2011 I started using Instagram. To this day I mostly just find it a fun escape to post pictures of life and to follow the lives of my friends. It was a break from information overload of Facebook.

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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

Anyway, 2015 marks a couple of big career anniversaries for me. I reiterated the notion of risk taking when giving career advice the other day and how when I joined Union Square Ventures, it wasn''t the USV it was now. Twenty years ago, I got my first job. He joined a startup that wound up getting bought by AOL.

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