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4 Ways to Leverage Podcasting to Grow Your Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix. While blogs and posts on social media are used to connect with your audience, podcasting has a unique place in the social media landscape. In 2012, this percentage was only 14%. Creating personal connection in today’s disconnected world.

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8 Steps to Making Better Business Decisions

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Boeing’s leadership made some terrible decisions to cover up problems and rush production of the 737 Max. Good decision making is the essence of successful leadership, which is why the term “leader” is often equated to “decision-maker.” Their competitors took advantage—and Kodak went bankrupt in 2012.

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Celonis secures another $1B to find and fix process problems in enterprise systems

TechCrunch

Lest there be any doubt some startups are riding high even amid the macroeconomic uncertainty, process mining software vendor Celonis today announced that it secured a whopping $1 billion in additional capital at a $13 billion post-money valuation, a mix of equity ($400 million) and debt (a five-year $600 million credit line).

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. This was a marked change from the previous leadership of YouTube.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. There’s also timing and trends, leadership, luck, and maybe even marketing. . June 19th, 2012.

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Quickly Unpacking Two Recent Acquisitions (of Cylance; of PlanGrid)

Haystack

Typically in M&A, all-cash offers are more common when the acquirer dwarfs the target in terms of market cap; otherwise, M&A usually involves stock in the mix, which leads us to believe Cylance wouldn’t have accepted anything but cash — which makes sense given the company was reportedly booking $130M/year with 3,500 customers.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

We spend time looking at their org savvy, their leadership skills. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it? The mission is the elevator pitch.

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