Swimming with Sharks: Technology Ventures, Defense Mechanisms and Corporate Relationships Riitta Katila Stanford University Jeff D. Rosenberger Nomis Solutions Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Stanford University This paper focuses on the tension that firms face between the need for resources from partners and the potentially damaging misappropriation of their own resources by corporate “sharks.” Taking an entrepreneurial lens, we study this tension at tie formation in corporate investment
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My application would not be complete without me sharing my passion of competitive bass fishing. Bass fishing is commonly misrepresented as a recreational activity that is mostly based on luck, but after you spend much time fishing for largemouth bass, you quickly learn otherwise. Over the years fishing has become more and more valuable to me, while at the same time becoming more challenging. Just like most kids my first fishing trip was to a local pond with my grandfather and at a young age I
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Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton was one of Kauai’s best surfers. She was important because surfing took her to a point where she was in a life and death situation. Bethany was attacked by a shark, that bit her whole arm off. Even though she lost her arm, she eventually got back up on the board. That was part of what made her important. The thing that drew me to the book was how she didn’t care if she lost ,or if she won her competitions; it was just about enjoying the ride. She had a passion for
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It was my freshman year on the Masuk boys swim team. I was at our last pasta party of the season. I couldn't eat, I was extremely nervous for the next day. Tomorrow was senior night. Three seniors and I have been training the whole season to break the school record in the 400 yard freestyle relay. We came so close at every meet and senior night was our final chance. I was excited but also very nervous. I woke up the next morning and got ready to go to school. It was the day of the meet. I thought
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In the novel, The Awakening, by Katie Chopin, main character Edna Pontellier struggles to find her identity between being her outer self and her inner self. Her outer self, as Chopin describes, is the one that conforms based on society’s expectations of her. Edna’s inner self, on the other hand, is the one that questions her outer self and is authentic to who she truly is when free of society’s norms. As the novel progresses, Edna’s desire to identify more with her inner self rather than conforming
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Ricky Frey Oct 18th ELEMENTARY BACK STROKE STARTING POSITION -Push off the wall backwards and get into a upward position, on your back -Your face clears the water and you stare directly up -Your arms are at your side. -Your legs are out and together. -Your head is in line with your feet FIRST STARTING PHASE -At the same time, bend your knees and bring your feet towards your butt. Still keep your legs together while bending your knees. -If
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As a lifeguard, I have learned that it’s important to be alert to prevent injuries like slipping on the pool deck or hitting one’s head in the shallow end. On two separate occasions within one week, I conducted two rescues: one involving an eight-year-old girl; and the other, a little boy. Both times, when I saw signs of each swimmer struggle under water, I blew my whistle to clear the pool, jumped in, and performed the proper rescue. As a senior guard at the Robin Road Pool in Hillsborough, I
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limit is me. It is a competition with me. If I close my eyes I go back in my past and I see a little girl, frightened, crying, on the edge of the swimming pool. Now all is different. I am a professional swimmer and swimming is my life. I can't imagine life without it. I always take a deep breath before I start my special preparation at the swimming competition. I always know what I have to do because before I leave the warming up room I have the whole plan in my head about the race and I know
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I hit the scratchy wall hard as if I wanted to break it in half. I quickly whipped around to see the timing board. My legs were shot, so I started to sink. What does that say? I anxiously thought as I whipped my goggles off. They were full of water and I couldn’t make out the number next to my team’s name. We were standing in the High School parking lot waiting for the school bus to pull in. “Ready for today? It is a big day,” my coached asked as he looked me up and down with a quizative expression
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The most important activity for me would have to be a tie between sailing and marching band. Ironically, they happened during the same season, which I guess is partially why I love them both so much. Sailing occurs in the fall Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. While band occurs year round, yet marching band is in the fall every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. It wasn't until I would get home after practice that I understood the level of dedication it required
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