He was the alpha-male, but not in a bro-y way. He was confident, but not arrogant. And he treated Mitt Romney like an unserious New England governor and perennial losing presidential candidate, but not in, like, a mean way. I think alpha male is exactly it. Juli: Anytime Obama implicitly pointed out how presidential he is, Romney seemed more like a guy trying to sell you a really expensive knife on late-night television. Which, to be fair, was definitely exacerbated on both their parts by their meandering around the stage like circusmen.
Bruce: Obama's body language was much better. A couple of times Romney started to get close to invading his personal space, it was almost Gore-esque. Juli: Which makes sense! Opposite of his demeanor in the last debate. Juli: There were so many solid Obama one-liners in that exchange!
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Monitor Daily. Kate Mitchell of Scale Venture Partners agrees. Private equity executives defend their industry by saying it creates stronger, more profitable companies, which then are in better positions to hire. PE firms also often save troubled companies from failing, and eliminating far more jobs. They also argue that the stereotype of private equity firms as speculators that just saddle companies with debt is dated by virtue of the financial markets having moderated leverage since the financial crisis.
Meanwhile, venture capital might have to start battling as hard for its image in Hollywood as in Washington. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney gives a statement to reporters gathered at Middlesex Truck and Coach after he toured the facility during a campaign event in Roxbury, Massachusetts July 19, Editing by Tiffany Wu and Gerald E.
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