A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

.” I don’t entirely agree with that and my experience with it has been different, but it brings up an incredibly important topic about leadership. I like to keep things simple and in my simple mind, leadership comes in two flavors, visionary leadership and operational leadership. It will be an incredible trip.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Additionally, Culina Health plans to expand its leadership team with key hires to further strengthen its impact in the digital health space. Its approach ensures that patients receive personalized, one-on-one support from registered dietitians, promoting sustainable lifestyle changes rather than quick fixes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The YLAI Network interviewed Marcos to learn more about his various organizations, his advice to network members, and his entrepreneurial spirit. La Escombrera changed the rules of the game and has been successful in promoting sustainable products. I am taking some time to think about what my new sustainable and social goals will be.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Some force that pulls exceptional startups to you, directly or via intermediaries, in a privileged and sustainable fashion. So my general advice is as you’re building a firm, think about which magnets feel right to you and start investing in them early. and related, of increasing importance.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member and founder of Symphony Advantage, which helps CEOs achieve ongoing success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. While profits are essential to build a sustainable business, conscious capitalism focuses on purpose beyond the profit. Conscious leadership.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Sustainable Development Goals through youth empowerment using robotics and innovation. As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

In celebration of Rosario’s hard work empowering a community of young changemakers, the YLAI Network team spoke with her to highlight the key factors of her non-profit volunteerism movement and get her essential advice on how to respond to the challenges of COVID-19. It was a culture shock,” she states.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Hernann’s advice to network members is to “believe in what you are doing and be creative.”

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 15, 2020

Building sustainable societies. His advice to YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community is to really work hard to get to know their community first. Teaching them English and these various instrumental global topics gives them more opportunities to learn and grow.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Neish’s hard work of creating a sustainable trans rights movement has blossomed far beyond his expectations. Celebrating his success in building a sustainable movement, the YLAI Network spoke with Neish recently for background into TransWave’s beginnings and for an update on its future.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Some will be wildly successful, some will muddle along to sustainability and others will fail. Related: 6 Leadership Traits for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur. They take advice from others and are open to trying new approaches. They seek out and pay for expert advice when needed. Flexibility. Can sell. Resilience.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Under her visionary leadership, SkySelect is transforming procurement processes, boosting transparency, and cutting costs significantly for MRO operations. My advice would be to stay focused on your whythe core reason youre building your business. What are your future plans for yourstartup? Thank you so much for joiningus!

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

Here are several pieces of advice that I learned the hard way: First, not every successful company starts in an accelerator. Then, your task is to assemble the best possible leadership team you can have for all those functions, whether it’s full of experienced people or youthful exuberance. .

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

My journey in the startup world began with a strong passion for sustainability and a desire to make a meaningful impact. I started Suspire with a vision to create a platform that not only promotes sustainable products but also educates consumers about their choices. Together, we can make a difference!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. Awesome small business advice! Great small business advice from Jason!

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Being an effective founder of a high-growth company requires a bundle of technical, analytical, leadership and communication skills that don’t often come packaged in a single individual. Step 3: Give good advice Most startup advice is bad.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. It continually surprises me that so many leaders fail to grasp how much the creation and protection of a sustainable brand is in their hands. Most aren’t. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Tejiendo Sonrisas focuses on human rights, environmental protection, sustainable production, and risk and emergency response. Any pieces of advice you would give to other social entrepreneurs in the YLAI Network? May you always be clear about the mission and passion you have for helping your community.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2018

There is plenty of advice out there for employees about the importance of not mistaking good management for good leadership. But entrepreneurs also need to be reminded that good leadership is not the same as good management. Almost by definition, as the founder, you will be “being” a leader. NZ Entrepreneur.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2019

What advice would you give to an entrepreneur who is making an impact but struggling to generate a profit at a sustainable rate? Looking for a way to fulfill this advice through your own business? As long as you keep your vision and ask yourself, “Is this helping people? Is this empowering people?”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

Great teamwork will be your sustainable competitive advantage Photo: Pexels Many leaders have high IQs, and some also have high EQs (Emotional Intelligence). teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sales tech changes, but at the very heart – sales is about building positive relationships that sustain your business. Were here to help you do sales, or to do sales for you in a visible, transparent way. B2B outsourced sales – Contract sales + business development, part-time fractional expertise.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Additionally, Culina Health plans to expand its leadership team with key hires to further strengthen its impact in the digital health space. Its approach ensures that patients receive personalized, one-on-one support from registered dietitians, promoting sustainable lifestyle changes rather than quick fixes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

What advice do you have for others looking to make a change and address climate solutions with their business or within their community? Head over to YLAI Goes Green to learn more about what you can do to make your business more sustainable and get inspiration from other entrepreneurs finding unique climate solutions for their communities.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 3, 2024

Identify the challenges or underperforming areas where outside professional advice is under consideration. They seek “free advice” on issues that are much too complex to be addressed in that manner. Small business owners should be receptive to change and willing to adapt their practices to achieve sustainable growth.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

And if we’re reflective, it’s also one of the most important success criteria for investors, senior executives, tech writers and virtually anybody involved in business leadership. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. That’s a shame.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

They also look for certain traits in the founder such as vision, passion, and leadership to build the right team. A willingness to take in others’ advice demonstrates adaptability and a willingness to include others in the success of the venture. For a solo entrepreneur, they look for experience and significant accomplishments.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Humble Sustainability founders Niña Opida and Josef Werker. Image Credits: Humble Sustainability. Neither of us are environmental scientists or sustainability experts at all,” Werker said. “We

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

We asked the winners in each city to tell us about their companies, provide advice to fellow entrepreneurs, and share a little more about themselves. I had the good fortune of providing leadership in an acquired business located in Orlando, FL while being an executive at a MedTech Fortune 500. What does your company do?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A company’s ultimate goal is short-term valuation, long-term stability, sales growth, and sustained profitability. Kim offers invaluable advice to newcomers in the startup investing scene. His experiences, advice, and personal anecdotes serve as guiding lights for both newcomers to the investment scene and early-stage founders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2018

Fellow Forum members don’t give advice; they speak from prior experience, letting you draw your own conclusions on how to best proceed. This big, audacious goal would meet a number of my objectives for personal, community, leadership and family development. Kilimanjaro. We started the school soon after my first summit of Kilimanjaro.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

I’ll share some advice based on work on entrepreneurial failure that I’ve done as a Harvard Business School professor. While this advice is mostly sound, following it blindly might actually boost your odds of failing. So, you should follow the conventional advice—most of the time. Bring the heat!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In EO Accelerator, we learned basic principles about the critical aspects of running a business and put strategies into place that enabled us to grow at a rapid but sustainable pace?which I love that we don’t give each other advice in Forum. Though we had big dreams and goals before the program, they weren’t refined.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

What advice do you have for others looking to make a change and address climate solutions with their business or within their community? My advice to anyone wanting to address climate change is to start. Do not be afraid to start. You have no idea how far your impact will travel. Thank you, Refica! government.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 7, 2020

Entrepreneur and YLAI Professional Fellows Program alumna Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran shares her advice with entrepreneurs on how to keep your business afloat. This session of #CatchMeInside is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Guyana. It is not business as usual under COVID-19. COVID-19 is forcing businesses to rethink the way they operate.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Adapted from “The Leadership Star: A Practical Guide to Building Engagement” by Brian Hartzer ©2021 and is reproduced with permission from Wiley. Jobs are easy to quit, while an organization that helps its people build their careers is much more likely to sustain long-term commitment. Learn more.

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