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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. In 2013, she sold her business and decided to get “more involved in governance”.

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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

” By 2013, Mel’s idea was further inspired while working at a startup called Augview that was using geospatial augmented reality for city infrastructure – nothing to do with games whatsoever – and she met the person who would become the co-founder of her studio.

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Bootstrapped CPC rule of thumb: ARPU/25

A Smart Bear: Longform

1 The correct version also includes multiplying by Gross Profit Margin, i.e. the cost to serve customers, which for SaaS is tech support, server infrastructure, and payment fees. A simple version 1 is ARPU ✕ [expected months] meaning the average number of months a customer sticks with you.

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Betting Beyond the Bowl: Investing in Sweetgreen Was Always About More Than Salad

Revolution

In 2013, Sweetgreen had 22 locations in D.C., When Revolution Growth first invested in Sweetgreen in 2013, the whisperings of food and wellness were present but sparse, and the bulk of lunchtime options focused more on convenience than ingredients. Maryland, Virginia, Boston, and New York?—?the As a long-standing partner?—?Revolution

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

I backed that company in 2013 when it was basically a table top science project, but the key was a series of connections that could have only been possible as a full time investor. but the connections are not being made to support the funds that are supposed to be funding all these local startups.

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Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The initial idea was born in 2013 but was not officially registered as a business until 2020 because she faced hardships launching the STEM Builders Learning Hub and finding tutors. She continued to network to get the support that she needed.

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