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Why Venture Capital Wasn't Right For Me And 15 Alternative Funding Sources | Fast Company

Six months into founding my dream toy company, Build & Imagine, I landed a meeting with the Venture Capital firm I had most admired. These weren’t the biggest players in Silicon Valley, but they had a fresh entrepreneur-friendly approach a ...More

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The 1 Thing All Inspiring Leaders Have in Common

Being an inspirational leader like Steve Jobs or Starbucks' Howard Schultz isn't an easy task, but Bain Leadership has found that these two vastly different CEOs had one thing in common: centeredness. The management consultancy identified 33 chara ...More

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Silicon Valley Legend Creates Pitch Deck Template For Entrepreneurs

Peter Thiel cofounded Paypal with Elon Musk and Max Levchin in 1998. They sold this company to eBay in a deal worth over $1B. He then founded several other ventures such as Palantir which has been included in the unicorn club (companies with over $1B ...More

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Secrets Of People With All The Time In The World | Fast Company

K.J. Dell’Antonia has plenty going on in her life. As a columnist and contributing editor for the Well Family section at the New York Times, she manages other contributors and near constant content. She has four children who play competitive hockey ...More

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Make Your Values Mean Something

Take a look at this list of corporate values: Communication. Respect. Integrity. Excellence. They sound pretty good, don’t they? Strong, concise, meaningful. Maybe they even resemble your own company’s values, the ones you spent so much time writ ...More

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7 Surprising Facts About Creativity, According To Science | Fast Company

Daydreaming. Horsing around. Aimless wandering. A sudden, traumatic loss. So many things that seem to conjure an automatic, negative connotation can actually have an interesting—indeed, often positive—impact on our creativity. In fact, the furthe ...More

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How To Secure A Lead Investor

You’ve created an amazing founding team, you’ve built a brilliant product that has been gaining a lot of traction, and now you’re looking to expand your company. How do you continue to build your business? By searching for a lead investor in yo ...More

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How to Build a Product People Love

Building a product that people like is hard, but building a product that people love is even harder. However, regardless of how challenging it is to create an offering that resonates with a wide audience, it is possible if unprobable. Luckily, this b ...More

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How entrepreneurs can find great mentors when starting out

For entrepreneurs just starting out on their start-up journey, it can at times be a lonely existence with little support. For this reason, it is important to find mentors who will help you find your direction and encourage you to reach your full p ...More

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What Is a Business Model?

In The New, New Thing, Michael Lewis refers to the phrase business model as “a term of art.” And like art itself, it’s one of those things many people feel they can recognize when they see it (especially a particularly clever or ter ...More