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Community Champions: Brad Feld of Foundry Group & Esther Dyson of HICCup Talk Entrepreneurship & Healthcare

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Janice K. Mandel

Brad Feld and Esther Dyson are two of technology’s greats: Founding software and investment businesses early in the Internet age, they have been learning and building technology ventures since the 1980s, right as the U.S. transitioned to a connected PC … Continue reading →

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The Entrepreneurial ICF Chairman & CEO

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Janice K. Mandel

If you’re a well-educated entrepreneur who loves a good challenge you’ve got more in common than you might think with the Chairman & CEO of Virginia-based global consulting giant, ICF International, Sudhakar Kesavan. The down-to-earth executive is proud to have … Continue reading →

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The Secret Ingredients in Georgetown Cupcake

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Janice K. Mandel

  Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne knew better than to invest in perishable commodities. After graduating from Princeton, she’d spent four years learning the ropes at global venture capital firm, Highland Capital Partners. She loved her job, but loved her own entrepreneurial … Continue reading →

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Decision Lens CEO Targets Emerging IT Prioritization Market

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Decision Lens CEO, John Kealey, started his career as an accountant at what was a Big Eight … Continue reading →

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Second-Generation Geek

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

Christine Churchwell (top right) is the Marketing Director at Tech 2000, an education technology company her father, George Churchwell (left) incorporated in 1991. Like many, Christine has more than one job at her company. She’s nurturing two-year old training and … Continue reading →

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Happy 2016 Entrepreneur’s Holiday Card

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

Dear Entrepreneurial community, Thanks for another great year. This 2015-16 Holiday card is for you Entrepreneurs pursue ideas worth the occasional chaos. Whatever you do this year, enjoy it. Life is shorter than it looks.

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The Pitch Man: Lessons from 10,000 Pitches from Dan Gordon of Valhalla Partners

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

When it comes to startup pitches, Dan Gordon might just have heard them all. In over a decade as technology partner at medium-size venture capital fund, Valhalla Partners, Dan estimates he’s heard at least 10,000 pitches. That’s about three to … Continue reading →

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EverFi CEO, Tom Davidson, a Quiet, Relentless Competitor

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

Tom Davidson, Co-founder and CEO of EverFi, grew up near Tulsa Oklahoma and graduated in 1994 from Bowdoin College in the coastal town of Brunswick, Maine. After seven years in venture capital, the three-term Maine state legislator moved to the DC … Continue reading →

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Mark Cuban Bets You’ll Hear About FiscalNote

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

FiscalNote co-founder and CEO, Tim Hwang, and his childhood friends, Jonathan Chen, CTO, and Gerald Yao, CSO, are making the U.S. legislative process transparent. Their company is entering its third year of refining next-generation legal software with programming expertise from … Continue reading →

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FiscalNote Sprints with Mark Cuban and $10 Million Series B from China’s RenRen

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Janice K. Mandel

Please enjoy the longer read just published at StartupGrind.com, the global entrepreneurship community — front page! FiscalNote Inc, formed March 2013, first appeared in this blog early in 2014, after I bumped into CTO, Jonathan Chen and his co-founders CEO … Continue reading →

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