Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

You’re not lecturing to a college class, you’re not at a cocktail party and you’re not chatting with a small group in a board meeting. I always tell people that if you’re not creative in how you tell stories the simplest way to do so is by telling “a day in the life” of your potential user.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I often tell teams that you need to create product deadlines that are semi-public (or maybe board commitments) that help you focus on shipping product. You may have to cut scope but nothing gets you more focused and the creative juices flowing than a deadline staring you in the face.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

They speak of “my CEO’s.&# They talk about how this company failed because the management team didn’t listen to my advice and that one succeeded because we helped point them in the right direction. We have a great board chat and talk about our strategic direction but then you go out and execute. Maybe 10-15%.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

As the CEO you have a team that is counting on you and a board that is measuring your performance. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices. There is something about the adrenaline rush of being under time pressure that excites us and teases out our creativity. Tags: Startup Advice. So I always performed.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Embrace creativity and uncertainty, and bring together those who may not work in your exact field to bring in new ideas. González: Within our board, managing team, and program participants the majority are women. What advice would you give to other young leaders to do the same in their community and their businesses?

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Practice creative marketing. One of the keys to keeping start-up costs low is to find creative and affordable ways of doing what you need to get done, rather than just spending cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Contributed By Susan Michel, EO New Jersey member and founder and CEO of Glen Eagle Advisors , which provides investment management and financial planning advice. There are many creative and engaging ways to teach life lessons outside of the classroom ?even Susan is a board member of EO’s New Jersey chapter.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author. On my trip I also gave my usual advice to entrepreneurs who don’t live in a major tech funding hub: Find VCs who are from your area originally. Mavens & Marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

The company was born from a board game—literally paper and cardboard game—project in university. I continue at Kadevjo Studio in El Salvador as its creative director. As a businessman, I learned to accept advice from other people with more experience. Kadevjo develops applications for mobile devices and games.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. Doing so empowers everyone, even those who are confident that the plan will succeed, to tap their creativity in coming up with potential reasons for the failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

In summary, many advisors, board members or executives will steer you away from exclusivity agreements. I would encourage you at least to have them in your tool kit for any negotiation and you simply need to be creative in how you structure them and weigh up the pros & cons of each trade.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

You need to be innovative and creative to come up with security awareness training that educates, engages and enthuses. Cybersecurity Awareness Training … For the Board of Directors! Take a look at this innovative security awareness video specifically made for CEOs, board members and top management. That’s right!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

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! Great small business advice from Jason!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

It’s a creative expression. Every one of the companies in which I’m on the board will tell you that when they need me they get me – even when I’m on vacation. .” But here’s how I cope, here’s my own foibles and how I’ve gotten comfortable with life in general.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

It’s also good advice to treat your marriage like a business partnership, in that both require commitment, communication and a shared view of values and goals. Kelvin serves on the Georgia Restaurant Association’s board of directors. Kelvin is the creative, free-spirit and I am the type-A, uptight, detail-oriented person.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. He pinged me for advice. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet. Why is that? Yesterday was a Monday. I’m long.

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Gust

JULY 3, 2012

As I wrote in Part I of this post , many of the most creative and disruptive startup businesses in recent years have involved the use of intellectual property in innovative, non-traditional ways that defy easy categorization and stretch the boundaries of concepts such as the fair use doctrine in copyright.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice (strategy, culture, accountability and compliance) still underpin governance in a startup context but they are applied differently than on an established corporate board. Strategy is everything for a startup company board. A startup board is brave and supportive. Accountability.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Professional advice in this area is highly advised. Lastly, make good use of your Board Members. Working in isolation and handling all the issues is fine during the creative phase of the startup, where the founder is often the designer and architect, as well as the builder. You may recall the Chevy Nova, a compact car from GM.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The idea is to build a product with a way to connect to key business systems, pull the data and answer a very specific set of business questions, while using machine learning to provide more proactive advice. “I spend my life in the board meetings.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

Fast forward to today, HubSpot has thousands of startups as customers, and a special program, creatively named " HubSpot for Startups "]. No board seats or advisory roles. Creative Market : Acquired by Adobe. Note: this is not investment advice). They require a board seat. So, I could just write more checks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

That creativity. “I think a lot of that comes down to, one, that there are dynamics around the free-to-play model — how you monetize and therefore, what kind of players and users you bring on board,” Caliujnaia says. “You have this explosion of the app economy that’s growing insanely,” she says.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Each book is dedicated to one subject: Starting up, raising money, positioning for success, growing your business, building great boards, protecting your business, managing your workforce, and finally – cashing out. Creative compensation strategies. BUILDING GREAT BOARDS. How to construct an effective board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. What is your advice for entrepreneurs to achieve such longevity? My advice for longevity is to always stay tuned to your values. One of those values is communication. This was a defining moment in our culture. .

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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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HPA

AUGUST 15, 2019

Currently, she sits on four corporate boards, including a New York City technology startup called Xformative, Vantage Technology, Illinois Liquor Control Commission, and Lake Land College. What advice do you have for someone who’s looking to raise money from investors or start a company? Quitting is simply not an option.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Any advice or insights on how to present a strong case for an O-1A or EB-1A? The information provided in “Dear Sophie” is general information and not legal advice. Take a listen!

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

To help you get started, we’ve rounded up tips to get your creative juices flowing : Keep it short and sweet. Here is a useful piece of advice. Brainstorming, creating a mood board and checking out the competition are some ways to spark creativity. Focus on your unique selling position. Make it timeless.

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FundersClub

JUNE 15, 2017

" Boris Silver of FundersClub offers a summary of his advice to a founder on best practices when joining an accelerator, stemming from his own experience at Y Combinator in " What do the best founders do in accelerator programs? What does an ideal board look like? " Connor Murphy of SAP.iO

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“We don’t just add tasks to a Trello board for them to complete, we discuss the goals, why and how best to achieve them with cost/benefit analysis in mind.” Why do you think architecture design advice is important? And do you have any advice for startups wanting to avoid bad experiences?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Its solution, in part, may be based on creative ways of presenting content to users, but also keeping a focus on strong material to use in those channels. ’ was the advice we got.) ” In this latest Series B, “we shifted our focus from total dollars to representation on the board,” they said.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Dave’s comment: This week we welcome our perennial favorite contributor, Kim Shepherd, CEO of Decision Toolbox, to offer us her sage advice on a subject where she is expert. Outgoing, full of creative ideas, and certainly the best person to teach us how, here is Kim on networking… By Kim Shepherd . What are their hobbies?

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Get creative, and think ‘multi-use’. Be proud of the fact you work from home, and make it a design feature that doesn’t distract from your interior, but rather adds to it in a creative way. An iPad that can fix to the wall is perfect for jotting notes, or a cute little peg board to clip post-its.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

Not only can mentors evaluate new avenues for the startup, but they can connect the board to established professionals if they need further guidance in other areas of the business, such as marketing, sales, or design. Mentors can be a great addition to a startup, as they provide wisdom and advice to emerging businesses.

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