Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. I wrote a post in 2015 that memorialized at the time how I felt about all of this, titled, “ Why I F **g Hate Unicorns and the Culture They Breed.” And it changed the culture.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Finding the right balance between keeping costs in check and not underinvesting can mean doing things more slowly than your board would like. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. For example, you might launch new markets sequentially instead of rolling 10 out at the same time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013. The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. TC Insights , a data analytics consulting service, works on research, data and industry strategy on different projects.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation. These things, in turn, exert a determining influence on our culture.”. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. … 2013: The achievement of a long-term goal can be accomplished with clear metrics, a path and a team who is aligned and focused. What would our culture look like? I certainly did.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. We used to meet to discuss our strategy, plans, take stock of new teams coming in and build the basic processes of the network. Impact Hub Global Gathering, Oaxaca 2013.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

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