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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead.

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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

Both Sides of the Table

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. I’m a stickler for focus, being efficient with capital and building out operational excellence, so our strategy initially was very constrained. Little old us.

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

His passion for filmmaking led to the creation of J Rental Centre, a peer-to-peer rental platform born out of a desire to maximize the utility of accumulated camera equipment. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity. Intentionality associated with improved diversity.

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Extra Crunch roundup: DTC strategy, IPO analysis, Zoom’s future product plans

TechCrunch

Today, “we’re seeing the value of low, mid and high-multiples SaaS companies each find a comfortable trading range after a bull run since early 2016, albeit one with caveats,” he writes. Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. This caught Alex Wilhelm by surprise. . Walter Thompson.

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Sneak Preview: Personal Branding Isn’t Shameless Self-Promotion

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The following article was written by Glen Carlson , co-founder of the Key Person of Influence Business Accelerator, for the March 2016 edition of Octane magazine : Consider the three types of branding you can develop as a business owner: a company brand, a product brand and a personal brand. Request a copy by emailing us !

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Ashna Mahepal to Young Entrepreneurs: Identify Your Source of Empowerment

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. In 2016, when she was selected as a YLAI Fellow, Ashna was able to further develop her ideas, and her YLAI Reverse Exchange became a great success that grew her confidence for undertaking international projects.