Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

It’s slightly easier than telling every first-time entrepreneur to make sure to have a banner on the wall that reads, “remember to do your SEO, SEM, content marketing, social media, referral marketing strategies on a daily basis and with quantitative rigor.” I endorse the growth hacking culture on teams.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

Yet no matter how often you heard that you should trust your gut and follow your intuition, that advice is wrong. You can use decision-aid strategies to address cognitive biases to defend your organization from misinformation. Another effective strategy involves cultivating a mental habit of questioning stories in particular.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

From Scott Jeffrey Miller with Todd Davis and Victoria Roos Olsson, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the support and strategies you need to be a better leader. we share an excerpt from the chapter, “Creating a Culture of Feedback.” Use the words “advice” or “input” instead of “feedback.”

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Guy Kawasaki

AUGUST 3, 2020

The culture change, funding, and language start at the top. For tips on speaking the language of business, securing on-going funding, and getting buy-in from your executives, check out this free Data strategy master class. . In the end, this is a culture change. That’s the hard part, right? How do you do that? Ask me questions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 14, 2018

The team you assemble for your organization should be working together to sell your product or services, grow the business and establish a solid culture. What are the available strategies to establish good relations with them, entice them toward your business, and make them loyal clients? Identify the most effective bait. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. The same is true for strategy consulting and often it is helpful for senior levels within large corporations.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2019

It’s counterintuitive, and many resist it, but it is often the key to changing culture and improving outcomes. That was likely the best advice I ever heard. Books, podcasts, videos, blogs, classes, on and on… the opportunities to expand our horizons are endless. What are those lessons, and how do they differ?

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a ton of writing out there about getting *on* the venture curve, but not a lot about getting *off,* so Daniel’s advice below is especially important. DC: I’m going to keep this brief, but if you want to the long version of it, I recommend reading our blog about it. This is still very much a journey I’m on.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As Our Colleague Kate Stern Departs Homebrew To Go Back to Company Building, Here’s Her Advice. Homebrew: Looking back at our “ Welcome Kate ” blog post three years ago, what were you thinking at the time. I’d moved out for Homebrew after nearly ten years in New York, and the east coast / west coast culture shock is real!

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This lesson has not only helped my business thrive but also shaped our company culture, emphasizing compassion and resilience as core values. Staying attuned to these changes and being willing to pivot our strategies has been instrumental in our growth. Business is not just about transactions; it’s about people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the spirit of our WYSIWYG culture at Upfront I thought it might be useful to explain what we’ve done, what we’re doing and why we feel this best suits our working style. And often it is hard to motivate people to take on big tasks like strategy re-evaluations because everybody is busy doing investment work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Additionally, a startup could get a ton of applicants due to pay, location or even recent coverage in a Well Known Tech Blog — which can bode well for success, but could also just be a result of great marketing. Advice and other bits: 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. When will VCs hit the brakes?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Initial traffic was driven by word-of-mouth, specifically blogs and a bit of luck. Would you choose someone with great skills but not a cultural fit? What is your mobile strategy? For Meebo 1.3%

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Most of my experience is in B2B SaaS, so this advice is tailored to founders in a similar space: #1 Hire an experienced leadership team to define the culture and vision A brand new startup only has one asset?—?the This cultural interview is critical. the people in the room. a holistic solution to their business problem.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in an established media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. Following Fred Wilson’s advice, I want to build my own platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And then I got into strategy consulting, and I wanted to go into strategy consulting, and they said, “Yeah, but you’re a tech guy. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group.

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A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Startup strategy is like Kung Fu. Founders almost never have a real strategy. They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. Your culture, and even your purpose, is the outcome of living your values. There are many styles that work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

This podcast is ideal for anyone wanting to keep up-to-date with emerging marketing strategies and changing consumer behavior. You’ll hear from a variety of creatives and influencers, from TED founder, Richard Saul Wurman to art director, Neville Brody , on matters of design, culture, success and marketing. The Science of Social Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I’ve said versions of it on this blog before so I hope it’s not too repetitive. Join because you like the culture. Not because we don’t want them to be valuable, but because we don’t want to create an “options culture&# around here. I think either strategy is OK. I think you will.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? I ran a team of 14 people (12 Japanese, 1 German and 1 Turk … both of whom were fluent in Japanese) who produced an Internet strategy for the board of Sony. I got to experience much of the local culture and customs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. ME/ “Commit to culture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Thankfully, Donna could rely on her friend of 30 years and the company’s people and culture manager. We did a learning activity with my executive team after attending Verne Harnish’s strategy session for the year. Her advice to business owners on facing unexpected challenges like losing a spouse and business partner? “In

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

To this day, even with hundreds of employees, we exercise the same care when hiring to ensure cultural fit. Franchising – with partners operating in major cities – seemed far and away the best strategy. The post Leadership Hacks to Take Your Business to the Next Level appeared first on THE BLOG. took shape. Anyone could do it.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:56] – You guys have two different strategies, paid versus advertising. One of our core hypotheses is that if you look at the amount of culture in the world and the amount that we’re investing in it as a proportion of our overall GDP and what we’re paying for it, is that too low, too high or just right?

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. We made up for the inefficiencies in the software by giving them good advice on how to optimize their website, and how to get going in social. 10:00 – HubSpot’s first customer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

with a different strategy. This part of the huddle is above all about transparency and instilling a culture where people take responsibility. This column is part of Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab series, where executives and experts share their views and advice about leadership and management. I launched 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Dharmesh: I think that was good advice. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. And I published this on my own startups blog. Sam: And I was like, "Well, why?". It's like that. That's an example.

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