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Elon Musk Blows My Mind

CorporateIntel

He already did consumer software engineering as his opening act as a cofounder of PayPal. He is also the CTO of SpaceX and the chief product architect of Tesla. He makes disruption make sense. If there is a possible next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, it could be him. Not Elon Musk. Not exactly a path to retirement.

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4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

Although female-founded companies represent a greater percentage of First Round’s investments than the national average — startups with at least one female cofounder account for approximately 18% of new VC-backed new ventures in the U.S. — they were still the minority of investments.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. Alan Feld, cofounder and managing partner of Vintage Partners, cautions Israeli entrepreneurs not to define their product category too narrowly. as early as a year or two after founding.