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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?

This is going to be BIG.

Through other people, I've learned a ton about investing, being a better board member, building a portfolio and building a firm. Invite people to meetups, run your own, run webinars and phonecalls to learn industry best practices. 2) Trial by fire. Get coffee with someone who has been doing your job for years every week.

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

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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Three Exercises Every First Time Venture Fund Needs to Work Through

This is going to be BIG.

Taking board seats? Want to only invest in diverse boards? If you’re looking for more tips and advice on starting out as a first time fund manager, you should check out the webinar I’m putting on with Carta next week covering all the basics and stupid questions that aren’t so stupid. For how long? Spending any time with family?

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How to Fix Broken Communications During a Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO members, be sure to check the the #EOTogether site for the latest webinars and resources from the EO community. She participates in EO’s Accelerator program in Los Angeles, California and also sits on the EO Accelator Board there. We’re in this together. .

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Innovation Through Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’m involved with a few boards where we have taken a position of revenue-centric spending. You can use the time to optimize your owned media, such as social media , newsletter, blogs, or to even start new content channels like webinars and podcasts. Without knowing your runway, the rest of what I am about to say falls flat.

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How to Come up With Great Ideas

Paul G. Silva

Board members. Financial aid webinars for other schools – They pay to attend webinars run by our CFO. Physical assets that are not used 100% of the time such as: classrooms, labs, dorms, special equipment. Classrooms. Playground. Reusable classroom materials. Other independent school leaders.

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Versatile VC Webinar: Thursday, Sep. 28, Noon EST

David Teten VC

Versatile VC is hosting a one-hour interactive webinar on Thursday, September 28, at noon EST. We’ll discuss Versatile VC ‘s strategy, how we see the market, and some of the opportunities we think are exciting. This is strictly for accredited investors.

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