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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

I was interviewed recently by Inc Magazine and they have been publishing snippets of this interview online. I feel strongly that lowering the bar for risk-taking in all of its forms: liabilities, work-force flexibility and de-stigmatizing of businesses that don’t succeed would inevitably lead to more innovation and more job creation.

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Rapid Innovation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I was reminded of that yesterday when I read David Wallace-Wells’ piece in NY Magazine about the Moderna Covid Vaccine. But there is something very frustrating about innovation that cannot be released to the market quickly.

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Be the Startup I Want to Fund

This is going to be BIG.

The other day, I'm in a meeting where someone told me an industry magazine that would be relevent to one of my companies. I texted the founder and got the following response: " Yeah. We were in their last issue.". well, carry on.

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Welcoming New Partner and Global Digital Transformation Expert Flavio Dias as We Step Up Our Presence in Brazil

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After a successful experience at Philips, Magazine Luiza, one of Brazil’s biggest retailers, hired him to re-launch its website and improve the user experience as head of e-commerce. Flavio already had a solid reputation as an e-commerce pioneer and operator in the country.

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Jason Calacanis Answers the Top 5 Questions He Gets about Angel Investing

Dream It

When Jason launched his magazine company in the 90s, he went to investors with just a photocopy of the magazine. For those who aren’t able to, you can still build credibility by bootstrapping. Jason did not have the network to raise a friends & family round when he launched his first company.

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4 secrets to successful social media

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Creating and generating regular content for its magazine, podcast and website, Foundr has developed and continues to develop a wide audience and astonishing reach through social media. “We plan our social posts by having a social schedule working four to six weeks in advance” – Nathan Chan, CEO and publisher of FOUNDR .

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Products I Love to Use

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What a saver to be able to read articles vs. some stupid flight magazine and I gave up playing games on my phone years ago. MediaREDEF is like the most interesting magazine you’ve read. This has been valuable for me several times on flights, the subway, etc. where I’m offline. Lots of people love REDEF).