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Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money

Harvard Business Review

The average outside equity financing round, from the beginning of the roadshow to when the money is wired, takes six months. Relationship fundraising, as opposed to transactional fundraising, may be time-consuming, but it’s the key to getting funded and building a set of core advisers and investors who will back you for the long term.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. It’s also a reminder that leadership, ultimately, is a spiritual practice (whether or not one chooses to put it in religious terms). People who possess a negative outlook on life are four times more likely to suffer a stroke, heart attack, or be diagnosed with cancer.