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Today I want to address all of those running a company or making management decisions with a simple message: avoid generic business advice! By generic advice I mean anything of the form “do x,” such as “cut 20% of cost now.” So what then is an alternative to generic advice? These can form the basis for figuring out what to do and also for evaluating advice. A first principles based approach is always superior to the indiscriminate application of generic advice. MORE
As a follow-up to our message on Angel Investing in Challenging Times, Christopher and I tasked Raza with putting together an update and perspective piece for the CEOs of our portfolio companies. The letter outlines our thoughts on some of the challenges they will face in the near term. MORE
Michael answered questions from network members requesting advice for their entrepreneurial endeavors. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? What advice do you have for businesses operating in unstable environments? MORE
They have advice to share. Ask them for advice. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. MORE
the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll get 8. How to go for the close Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Fund raising. It definitely has a “d” in it, as in it’s really not fun, raising. MORE
the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. This is part of a series on fund-raising advice for entrepreneurs and VCs. Why you should never have a data room?—?the MORE
Here are several pieces of advice that I learned the hard way: First, not every successful company starts in an accelerator. The post Expert Advice for the 4 Million People Who Launched a Business in 2020 appeared first on StartupNation. MORE
Some advice to start with would include: Answer these questions: What is your mission? The post Create community: Advice on branding from YLAI Fellow Luisfer Pelayo appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative. By Luisfer Pelayo, founder of ATÁLIA. MORE
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It spoke to me because it so resonates with my nearly daily advice to entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. All advice you receive is too generic to help you – you need to decide for yourself in your exact situation. I call this process “triangulation” and my advice is always, “ Seek advice but in the end trust your own judgment.” MORE
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As lines of code continue to proliferate through the world, as the rate of startup formation increases to seize those opportunities, and as the VC industry expands to support those new teams and opportunities, there is no shortage of people to visit for advice — not to mention all the resources online. In my short time investing to date, I have experienced a phenomenon that, in my own opinion, hurts more than helps — getting advice from too many sources. MORE
Buy one here and check out the breakout sessions for trends, advice and opportunities to help grow your business. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. MORE
I can't think of a single time when a white man came to pitch me and I told him his fundraising plans weren't aggressive enough. Yet this is a message I'm giving to women and people of color all the time. It's not that this latter group isn't aggressive enough--after all, they're ditching everything else they could to to start companies. Something else is at play. MORE
Ever get bad advice? Ever take that advice without question because the person giving it was an investor, a superior in rank, the chairperson of your board? I’ll bet you have at least one story of bad advice taken and being bitten as a result. Email readers, continue here…] The angel investors could not raise the next, larger round to finance the shortfall and further expansion, putting the fragile young company at risk for following the advice of its board. MORE
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With the launch of YC’s list of startups hiring for fall 2020 interns , I’ve been getting a lot of requests for advice from students about their upcoming fall plans. MORE
The best business advice I was given was in my year 10 woodwork class by my teacher—who was teaching woodwork to boys who were both frivolous and quick to make decisions on cutting into beautiful pieces of timber. The best advice I have ever received came from one of my mentors from the US. MORE
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So here’s advice I give people all the time when they’re raising money. Or they’ll remind me of my common advice to take “ 50 coffee meetings.” The post The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns appeared first on Bothsides of the Table. *. Unicorns. The most overused word in the technology industry today. And they aren’t even f **g real. That is how absurd thing have gotten. No, I take that back. MORE
These 11 entrepreneurs share the number one piece of advice their closest mentor ever gave them: Time is the most valuable thing you have. I vividly remember his best advice: He asked about my goals, and I replied, “To earn $250,000 in commissions.” MORE
You’ve heard it a thousand times, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». inspiration entrepreneurship work startup business MORE
The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. We shouldn’t be taking the advice of the people that are on this kind of track and weaving it into our own fundraising strategy. Fundraising takes a long time. I’m a female founder. MORE
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Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. This is generally how I try to organize my own views and how I try to give advice. MORE
Most people will need to keep their jobs while starting new businesses Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». society startup inspiration entrepreneurship work MORE
Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. MORE
You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. Awesome small business advice! MORE
Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. The post Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. MORE
Contributed by Ginger Rothrock, Senior Director at HG Venture s, The Heritage Group. On my drive to work today I was listening to my favorite podcast, 20minVC. MORE
There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. A shortened, better edited and with nicer pictures version of this post first appeared on TechCrunch. MORE
This advice applies just as much to us at CO.STARTERS. The post What Most Marketing Advice Doesn’t Tell You appeared first on CO.STARTERS®. MORE
I'm often the last one to leave an event, held back by the most persistant of entrepreneurs trying to squeeze as much advice as they can out of me. Often times, the advice is terrible or impractical. They don't look cautiously at the advice given to them by their favorite VC blogger. I'll show up generally anywhere I get invited to speak. I love public speaking, teaching and generally being helpful. MORE
For the most part my advice is simple, “don’t bother.” Entrepreneur AdviceI live in LA. And I’m a VC. So you can imagine I see my fair share of celebrities looking to get into the technology industry. And equal numbers of startups seeking celebrity endorsements in exchange for equity. ” But as ever I’ve had to have this debate in numerous company pitches and board meetings. So I guess it requires some explanation. MORE
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I'm often the last one to leave an event, held back by the most persistant of entrepreneurs trying to squeeze as much advice as they can out of me. Often times, the advice is terrible or impractical. They don't look cautiously at the advice given to them by their favorite VC blogger. I'll show up generally anywhere I get invited to speak. I love public speaking, teaching and generally being helpful.
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