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Dec
19
2018
Medium: 2018 in Review: The Craziness & The Fails
By Lauren Cochran, Managing Director at Blue Haven Initaitive
When I sat down to write this blog, I did some free word association with our portfolio company names and the events of the year. Because I’m more a math person than a words person, I used a couple of the same words over and over — mostly “craziness” (good crazy) and “fail” (bad crazy, oversimplified). Some companies got both, depending on the time of year. All our thoughts from the end of 2017 still hold. This is still hard. I’m still learning and we are still working on investing in and hiring more locals and women. There are a few things we’ve done to turn those thoughts into actions...
