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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We chose the word “upfront” to represent our culture.

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June 2016 Project Octane: A Student of Opportunity

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Violeta Martinez, winner of the 2016 EO GSEA Global Finals and founder of VAIZA, an El Salvador-based, luxury brand crafted from the heart. By employing local artisans to create my items, by investing in the artisan community of El Salvador, I am able to give back to my hometown. VM: “I found out about EO GSEA from Facebook.

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My Big Resolution for 2016

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For 2016, I’ve made what I think is a game-changing resolution, which will ultimately help me to be a better entrepreneur. One of my first big projects of 2016 is realizing a super aggressive integrated marketing strategy. The post My Big Resolution for 2016 appeared first on THE BLOG. So where can you begin?

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention. Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway.

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Rebranding and expanding your target audience with a social business expert from Brazil

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2016 YLAI Fellow Liziane Dranka Silva has realized the necessity of marketing and rebranding to expand and specify the target clientele of her company. . At the stage that we are in now, it is not a matter of just investing more. It is a matter of knowing how to be smart in this investment to get to the niche that we actually serve.”.

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Stay Focused on Your Goals Not Your Critics

Both Sides of the Table

I took a moment to feel better about some of the things I’ve accomplished and my goals for 2016 vs. being too off put by the critics lest they win. Company culture matters such a great deal. As you build out your teams be very thoughtful about team dynamics and culture. They are willing to take a chance.

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