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Top Four Survival Tips for Small Business Owners

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Informed and engaged employees are empowered and dedicated. Lean on industry peers for creative ways to support your staff and stay informed about the latest laws and resources in your area. • Lean on industry peers for creative ways to support your staff and stay informed about the latest laws and resources in your area. •

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

This is going to be BIG.

3) Build a peer network and get in the flow of best practices. 3) Build a peer network and get in the flow of best practices. Find the best startup CMOs while also branching out to your peer group to learn as a cohort. It's something I'll be talking about at General Assembly later this month.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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Peer-to-peer lending is back! Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. I’m now the permanent host for TWiVC (until such time as they kick me off). Really!).

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Three Words Entrepreneurs (and VC’s) Should Take to Heart

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We are expected to know everything and many people rush to conclusions given a limited set of information. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. It’s also the day when most Jewish minds are least focused since one needs to fast for 24 hours.

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Lessons from a Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

When you back women and you’re trying to encourage the expansion of their network and the building of their personal brand, you cannot help but review all of your own actions after listening to the compounding emotional effects of their professional experiences. I don’t require warm intros. This happens in lots of other situations.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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on all the computers and established a network using Novell. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not. Many of my best friends have MBAs.

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