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5 1/2 Questions for Scott McNealy

Scott McNealy
Co-Founder, Former Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Co-Founder, and Board Member, Curriki — Our Children’s Future, Our Future

Scott McNealy is an outspoken advocate for personal liberty, small government, and free-market competition. In 1982, he co-Founded Sun Microsystems and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board for

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5 1/2 Questions for Geoff Ralston

Entrepreneur, Investor, and President at Y Combinator.

Geoff has been president of Y Combinator since early 2019. He has been with YC for over ten years, joining Paul Graham as one of the first non-founder partners in 2011. Geoff has worked with hundreds of YC companies like Stripe, Gingko, Clever, Helion

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5 1/2 Questions for Gary Lauder

Gary Lauder is the Managing Director of Lauder Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in various realms of the technology field. He has been a venture capitalist since 1985, investing in over 150 private companies, and is an observer or member of about 7 of their boards.

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Everything You Need to Know About Angel Investors

Connecting with the right kind of Angel can be the answer to an entrepreneur’s prayers Entrepreneurs, you know about Angels of course — but do you really know one when you see one? Venture capital is synonymous with startup funding, at least that’s what conventional wisdom and folklore tell us. The reality

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