NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 4, 2019

Do you have a clear sales and marketing strategy to grow sales in this new financial year? How to Develop your Sales and Marketing Strategy. So, if you haven’t already got one, we recommend that you develop a Sales and Marketing Strategy for your business. Include an Innovation Strategy. Here’s how you can get started.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Launching today, wrkfrce will offer content, job postings and consulting services to help workers understand how to adapt and thrive in a remote-work environment. The job board has more than 217,000 listings with jobs across the spectrum, from tech to blue-collar industries. Image Credits: Jesse Chambers.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

This is part of my Startup Advice series. Getting suppliers to accept terms that they said they never normally agree, getting accepted to speak on a panel when the conference organizer initially said “no,&# getting people to moonlight for you until you have the cash to bring them on board. A couple of quick stories / examples: 1.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. When we were thinking of raising, he was the first I called, and after talking to Benchmark, Accel, August, and a few other tier 1 firms, it came down for me the person who was going to join the board. Much bad came out of this period including my cynicism for consultants.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

The number one advice I give is “stop trying to be too smart”. Think about how profound a difference adding Sheryl Sandberg early at Facebook was to Mark Zuckerberg and knowing that he should stay in charge of product and strategy while she ran operations. It’s the founders who are willing to let you join their boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Here’s how I learned my lesson: I started my life as a consultant. Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. But for my sins I got an MBA and did “strategy&# consulting. Nobody was surprised.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Staying attuned to these changes and being willing to pivot our strategies has been instrumental in our growth. Lead generation, consulting on the phone, following up with emails within the same day—all of it matters. For me, that meant constantly seeking out professional guidance by investing in consultants early on.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. 3) Network, network, network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

In 1999 I was working in the London offices of Andersen Consulting. I had been working on marketing & strategy initiatives for European telcos for the past several years helping them to think through and design Internet offerings. Tags: Startup Advice. Both Tyler & I are Nihon -files. But show up I did.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Consulting and blogging are some of the best businesses to start with little money , since they require very little initial investment and can be scaled up easily. If your company offers legal advice, there’s no need to employ a full-time copywriter. Other products, however, can put excessive strain on your resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They believe everyone’s advice. Entrepreneurs often struggle because they listen to others’ advice instead of their instincts. Learn your numbers, understanding the benefits and pitfalls of tax strategy, so you don’t waste the net profits your business will desperately need at some point. Everyone has opinions. My rule of thumb?

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

With that, Joseph Lee shared enthusiastically about Kairous Capital and its cross-border business strategy: Can you tell us about your background and how you started your entrepreneurial journey? Would you like to share any lessons or advice for anyone looking to enter the venture capital field like you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

Post MBA I went into strategy consulting where my job was to problem solve for clients. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. And few people in my experience do this well so many board meetings wander.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

Additional board members or executives may also be hired by the business owners to ensure that there is a well-rounded group of decision-makers while scaling up. For scaleups entering a phase filled with significant decisions and risks, proper communication of your business strategy from the board through to the employees is crucial.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Four strategies for getting attention from investors. Four strategies for getting attention from investors. When should I hire a sales team?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. Triangulate.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. Triangulate.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I worked nearly a decade as a consultant – first building large scale IT systems and then doing strategy consulting. We sit on the sidelines – The down side of VC is that exact same as I remember in consulting. We have a great board chat and talk about our strategic direction but then you go out and execute.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Garrett built Twitter’s communications team and helped the company develop a marketing, public affair and government relations strategy. He also advised the Obama White House on digital strategy and communications, Slack, and created two other communications consultancies.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. Were their consultants?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” 100 billion idea.

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MAY 20, 2018

In the case of the investment they are often also not only committing personal risk of looking bad at their partnership if things don’t go well but also countless hours of board meetings, financial reviews, legal documents across what is often 7–10 years or more. This is part of a series on fund-raising advice for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She not only became an expert in SEO, she began consulting in SEO to continue to make ends meet and she became a speaker on the topic. If you haven’t read my blog posts on why Tracy chose the right strategy it’s worth a read. I’m told she just signed with one who will be on-boarded soon.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I spent a decade consulting for Fortune 500’s with massive customer data sets?—?data 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 I bet the answer is no.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

My first job after graduation was with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). The World Wide Web was now being rolled out everywhere and every project was considering its Intranet strategy. That increasingly strategy projects needed geeks. I was a strategy consultant. My starting salary was $27,000. Not operational.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 3, 2019

If you’re responsible for finding and hiring people to grow your team or your business, your thoughts have probably wandered towards recruiting on social media, especially when the job boards aren’t producing the right needles from the haystack. Social media is all pervasive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups. Why did you choose the boutique consultancy model?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

I know that this advice won’t apply to every possible startup – but I think it applies to many. I worked for Andersen Consulting for more than 8 years. Initially as a systems designer and programmer and post MBA as a strategy consultant. We knew how to “call high&# into board rooms and get meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. And that’s what it’s like – all superlatives.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

Mentors have years of working in the industry they are consulting for and can identify business opportunities for the startup. They can identify pitfalls, recommend marketing and sales channels, and give feedback on strategy and tactics. I learned new strategies and saw ones I thought were impossible to execute became possible.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nimrod Vromen , Startup Consultant and Host, Startup Confidential Podcast – CTech Seek Expert Advice on Business Plan To determine if your new business idea is viable, seek diverse expert advice on your business plan. Engage industry specialists, seasoned businesspeople, and even marketing whizzes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. And that’s what it’s like – all superlatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

bring in management who can take your company to the next level and you stay on the board with some control. Don’t do deals just because your VCs or board tell you to. VCs and boards are the worst at this. Still, I often hear about boards pushing teams into mergers. But not just because your board eggs you on.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

Advisors, investors and board members come in all shapes and sizes. I'm a strong believer in having a board, even at a seed stage, to report to and set strategy with. The most successful companies have strong boards and so as a good housekeeping practice, why not start acting like a great company as early as possible.

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