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Why experience sharing is key to entrepreneurial growth

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. Given the request for input and feedback, you might expect a presenter to receive various advice from the other Forum members. In my experience.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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B2FI: Demystifying Software Sales Into Financial Institutions

Andreessen Horowitz

Meanwhile, FI senior leaders and board members are intrigued by new products like Microsoft 365 Copilot and how generative AI can automate their internal workflows (and improve their bottom lines). Keep in mind: this sales framework is not linear , and these steps should be taken in tandem, not sequentially.

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How to conduct a reduction in force: Planning, execution and follow-up

TechCrunch

Many CEOs can’t afford to simply exist within the status quo frameworks they enjoyed as part of a rosy 2021. Our best-practice advice to CEOs is to cut deep enough that they are confident there will not be a second round in the next few months. We broke the process down into three parts — planning, execution and follow-up.

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How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2023

TechCrunch

I asked five early-stage investors to share frank advice for first-timers, and I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are probably not ready to pitch an investor. But, of course, part of my job as a board director and investor is making it feasible, as it is essential for maximizing the business’ success.

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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

Both Sides of the Table

Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. These can be called: Operating Partners, Venture Partners, Board Partners or similar. We also take input from our board partners and from our non-partner investment staff. This produces s**t deals getting done.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. ” And so that framework helps think that through before you start talking to folks, which I think is very smart. And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job.

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