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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Pivot Through the Looking Glass. May 25, 2015. There may be nothing more therapeutic than seeing one’s own plight in the face of another. The tone in Denver in 2011 was of despair. There was a constant cry that there were no investors. There were no jobs. Service providers (lawyers, accountants, consultants) were met with a perpetual look of suspicion. Entrepreneurs didn’t know where to turn or what to do. Community builders are the leaders that drive the event...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Alex Blumberg fails to make a pitch. Nov 10, 2014. This one in particular was about a world class story teller failing to tell his story. Alex Blumburg must have though the same thing. Because of Alex’s prominence, he was able to get a meeting with Chris Sacca, investor in Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Kickstarter to name a few. Chris Sacca leads Lowercase Capital. Venture firm. Chris Sacca is a pretty big deal. The oddest thing about people is that we tend to ...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Pivot Through the Looking Glass. May 25, 2015. There may be nothing more therapeutic than seeing one’s own plight in the face of another. The tone in Denver in 2011 was of despair. There was a constant cry that there were no investors. There were no jobs. Service providers (lawyers, accountants, consultants) were met with a perpetual look of suspicion. Entrepreneurs didn’t know where to turn or what to do. Community builders are the leaders that drive the event...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. From Medical Device to Millennials. What a year! Dec 28, 2015. And I have a whole lot to talk about. The year of the small business. I spent a year as a big part of the healthcare cost problem. It was all very interesting. This is such ancient behavior that monkeys do it too. They prefer the devil they know, but there is hope. Children don’t mind a little uncertainty. We seem to learn this behavior sometime during adolescence. I bet we can...Ten years from now ...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. The Three Fundamentals of Change. Feb 14, 2016. Change is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. A mindset can mean the difference between struggling against change or taking the opportunity and running with it. Fundamental #1 – Identity. Fundmental #2 – Uncertainty. Given a do-over, they will do it all over again. Fundamental #3 – Emotion. Change triggers intense emotions partly because of the two fundamentals above. Change forces you to question whether you are...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. The Three Fundamentals of Change. Feb 14, 2016. Change is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. A mindset can mean the difference between struggling against change or taking the opportunity and running with it. Fundamental #1 – Identity. Fundmental #2 – Uncertainty. Given a do-over, they will do it all over again. Fundamental #3 – Emotion. Change triggers intense emotions partly because of the two fundamentals above. Change forces you to question whether you are...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Pivot Through the Looking Glass. May 25, 2015. There may be nothing more therapeutic than seeing one’s own plight in the face of another. The tone in Denver in 2011 was of despair. There was a constant cry that there were no investors. There were no jobs. Service providers (lawyers, accountants, consultants) were met with a perpetual look of suspicion. Entrepreneurs didn’t know where to turn or what to do. Community builders are the leaders that drive the event...
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Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Nicole Gravagna, PhD. Pivot Through the Looking Glass. May 25, 2015. There may be nothing more therapeutic than seeing one’s own plight in the face of another. The tone in Denver in 2011 was of despair. There was a constant cry that there were no investors. There were no jobs. Service providers (lawyers, accountants, consultants) were met with a perpetual look of suspicion. Entrepreneurs didn’t know where to turn or what to do. Community builders are the leaders that drive the event...
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