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How a female commercial engineer in Paraguay is overcoming barriers

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I always admired their work ethic, I grew up helping them in the family business, and I have always been fascinated by them because even though they had no college education, they had a natural talent for business. The most effective tools for women to get out of poverty are to: Democratize access to education.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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Don’t confuse this with a tour-de-force education on the finer details of how your company operations. You’re there to leave an impression – not to educate. It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. how are you solving this problem?

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Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees

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This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. I then really quickly race through looking for some minimum qualifications such as companies for which they worked, education, grades, etc. What is the definition of a job hopper?

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure. 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? 55:45 It seems obvious that technology is the natural choice to solve the pain points in education. 1:00:00 Mark and Steve discuss the role of unions in education.

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Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars: Understanding Salespeople at Startups

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Almost by definition. The reason for “b&# is that most early stage companies survive on “evangelical sales&# as in when you’re having to educate the customer on something new and different and get them to take a leap of faith. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process.

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How to Nail a Group Presentation

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Don’t confuse this with a tour-de-force education on the finer details of how your company operations. You’re there to leave an impression – not to educate. It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. Startup Advice' They simply need to know: who has a problem? how are you solving this problem?

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How Many Investors are Too Many?

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You may feel as I did in 1999 that the more smart people around the table the more intros you’ll have, the more sage advice you’ll receive and the more impressive you’ll seem to outsiders. By definition you can’t have 3 investors each wanting to increase from 5% to 20% ownership or you’re fawked anyways.

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