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Master These 5 Communication Skills to Help Scale Your Business

StartupNation

Communication is frequently cited as one of the most important soft skills that business professionals need. It ranked fifth on the list of Udemy’s fastest-growing soft skills for 2020, with 40% of companies planning to invest in training employees on better communication and storytelling. As an entrepreneur, this skill is critical.

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Why Long-Term Incentives Are Key to Employee Retention

StartupNation

Many businesses are now implementing a return-to-office mandate, which is causing a large reshuffle of talent in multiple industries. When onboarding team members, having a clear long-term incentive plan as a component of salary can help drive the traction and growth of your startup. Retaining employees. Advanced analytics.

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A New Business for 2022? Learn How to Ace Growth Challenges

StartupNation

Before all else, if you’re about to start your journey as a new business owner, congratulations! Before setting the wheels in motion, discover the various growth stages your business will go through, their associated challenges and how to tackle them. Starting your own business is just the beginning.

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Lesson #337: The 14 Characteristics of a Fundable Startup CEO

Red Rocket

What I liked about this article was it was a clear way to score your performance, which isn't easy to do as a CEO, typically with no boss to help critique you. And, since nobody is perfect and you want to be materially better than average, I would say shooting for a score of 56 or better is where you want to end up.

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Should You Allow “Board Observers” on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

Should You Allow Board Observers on Your Startup Board? Photo by Antenna on Unsplash A board observer is somebody who attends your board meeting but doesn’t have a voting right. This can be practical for both parties if this is a senior partner already sitting on 10–12 boards. Why do board observers exist?

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

But in business, you want a lot of partners. However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and.

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Lesson #336: How to Find the Best Advertising Agency for Your Business

Red Rocket

Those decisions whether or not to manage your marketing campaigns with in-house teams vs. third party agencies are typically not easy decisions. Today, I am a proponent of outsourcing this work to an agency, and preferably one cross-channel agency that can manage all desired channels through one partner.