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Kathy Xu, one of China’s top venture investors (eg: she led JD’s Series A in 2007) counts Kanye West’s mom as one of her top formative influences while studying at Nanjing University. https://t.co/yU70zwi5BJ
She went into an incredible learning mode, making herself into the CEO Xerox needed to survive.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
.@a16z GP @KTmBoyle says the US must reindustrialize, pull engineers into government, and normalize 2–4 year “tours of duty" for young people.
“As grads face a tougher market, this is a huge opportunity to serve and to learn how to produce at scale.”
From Katherine's appearance on the show... See more
TBPNx.comSat down with Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle), General Partner at @a16z and cofounder of the firm’s American Dynamism practice.
We spoke about making government cool again, lessons from journalism, authoritarianism and innovation, propaganda, irony and seriousness, and Vanna White, hostess of the Wheel of... See more
Alex LaBossierex.comWhen his company reached 50 employees, Michael Dell recognized the need to hire someone to manage the People side of his growing business and serve as a shock absorber between him and the rest of the organization. He recruited Barbara Kreisman from Motorola University. She helped him scale the company to 40,000 people before leaving Dell. (She is
... See moreVerne Harnish • Scaling Up : How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)
In ~50 years, Irvine went from a uninhabited ranch to a bustling city with over 300k people, a top ~30 University, and host to over 150 Fortune 500 companies.
And it all started with a single company: the Irvine Company.
Donald Bren is the owner the Irvine Company and the foremost steward... See more